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THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 2012

Runoffs for Sheriff, Probate Judge

By JACKIE ELLETTFor The Paper

Yesterday I was leafing through a pile of what I call “love notes” from my students, pictures and letters written in the all familiar elemen-tary aged printing style.

Some are illustrated with color-ful symbols of rainbows, hearts and stick-like figures, others scratched out words.

They always make me smile. One letter in particular caught

my full attention, black penned let-ters unsure of their direction some slanting to the right, others to the left scrawling out a carefully penned message ending with a smiley face placed next to the word “love” and the student’s signature.

The letter begins, “Dear Mrs. El-lett, Thank you for making these six years awesome and that one year in second grade I will never forget.” The letter goes on for two pages

detailing the things this child will never forget; things I had forgotten but am now reminded of.

I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to be a teacher and the important role we play in our students’ lives and within our com-munities. Teaching is a noble pro-fession; it is the one profession that touches every person’s life and im-pacts careers.

So what does it mean to be a teacher? To be a teacher means to be someone who cares deeply for their students, sometimes staying up all night worrying about them. A teacher is someone who demon-strates caring passionately about an idea and models that doing so may mean the possibility of being wrong, and that’s OK. A teacher is someone who wants to change the world and make it a better place and works hard in doing so, often at the expense of their own families.

To be a teacher means to become part of the process of guiding our

students to find their own voices to express their experiences and to be able to articulate it to others. To be a teacher means to be flexible in your thinking, and always ready for the unpredictable, adaptable when transformation takes place and to encourage competing ideas. To be a teacher means to remem-ber that we are working with young children who do not all learn in the same manner, so we adapt.

Educator Elliott Eisner tells us that we may never know the impact our actions have on our students but our influences are carried with them throughout their lives. The “love notes” that I have kept are the offerings of unconditional love, trust and admiration, precious gifts that I do not take for granted. I keep them and am honored to receive them. I keep them as reminders of why I teach and what my main fo-cus as a teacher should be always, my students.

A new school year is about to

begin. In less than a week, students will be entering schools throughout Georgia. Teachers everywhere are readying their classrooms for the first day back to school. Most have spent countless hours over the summer working on lessons, planning for the new school year, taking classes or staff development and working in their classrooms so that they are prepared to offer their students the best of themselves.

This week of pre-planning, we are busy with meetings and paper-work, putting the finishing touches in our rooms. A teacher rushes by my room smiling and excited, “I’m going to have another great class!” I love a positive attitude.

I place all but one of “love notes” back in a box. I hang the one by my desk just so that I remember.

Duncan Creek Elementary Art Teacher Jackie Ellett, a resident of Jackson County, is the 2012 South-eastern Region Art Educator as

well as the Georgia Art Education Association Art Educator of the Year. She has dedicated more than two decades of service to Gwinnett children since joining the school district in 1986. She holds an under-graduate, master’s and specialist degree in Art Education from the University of Georgia.

Teachers enriched by knowledge of reaching students

Jackie Ellett

BACK TO SCHOOL TIME

Turtles tagged for Aug. 11 Trek. 3B

SPORTS: JCCHS varsity squad set to cheer on Panthers, 1B

LeAnne Akin The PaperGeorgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, far right, visited Jackson County Office of Elections & Reg-istration on Friday and Lori Wurtz, center, and Board of Elections & Registration Chief Registrar Douglas Beck bragged on the staff and the “magnificant seven” at work below.

Secretary of State visits Jackson County electionsBy LEANNE [email protected]

Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp visited the Jackson County Administration Building Friday to see early voting in action.

In spite of the county furlough day, election-related activities were ongoing on the final day of early vot-ing, and Election Supervisor Lori Wurtz, her staff and election work-ers were on hand to greet Kemp and show off operations.

Wurtz also bragged on the poll workers she called “the magnifi-cant seven” including Reba Wof-ford, Sandy Elrod, Clara Hemphill, Elaine Perry, Sue Swinson, Shirley Harrold and Burley Hemphill. The team handled early voting duties including the July 21 Saturday vot-ing day when 135 ballots were cast in the Adm Building auditorium where votes would be consolidated after the polls closed Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Wurtz and her staff discussed how operations would work on election night.

Kemp asked about the number of precincts in Jackson County and Wurtz said she would like to reduce the number of precincts from 16 before the next election cycle. Re-ducing the number could mean a longer travel time for some voters.

However, Kemp noted that more and more voters are taking advan-tage of the three weeks of early bal-loting so the numbers going to their polling places on election day across the state is dropping.

Wurtz showed Kemp a stack of yellow envelopes returned to her office as undeliverable by the postal service. As a result of redistricting from the 2010 census, new cards have been mailed to voters. That represents a $3,000 project for the Election & Registration office. More than 3,000 were returned.

Kemp also then traveled to the Barrow County Administrative An-nex Friday to see early voting in that neighboring county.

Kemp said his office is maintain-ing a map of visits being made to each of Georgia’s 159 counties.

“I am making these visits to help me see what the counties are going through,” said Kemp, mentioning that he can get ideas of ways the state can better help counties and can also share ideas between coun-ties. Kemp said he was also working to build relationships with the elec-tion staffs .

“We are all in this together,” said Kemp, who stressed that his office wants to work as a partner with each of the election offices around the state.

From staff reports

Jackson County will have a new commis-sion chairman in January as District 1 Com-missioner Tom Crow defeated incumbent chairman Hunter Bicknell in the Republican Primary.

But Jackson County voters will be going back to the polls on Aug. 21 for a primary runoff in both the Sheriff’s race and for Pro-bate Judge.

Jackson County Sheriff’s Office investiga-tor Janis Mangum received 4,507 votes in the seven-way race for Sheriff but did not garner enough votes to avoid a runoff.

Ramone Gilbert, a retired Hall County law enforcement major,was able to edge out Andy Garrison to advance to the Aug. 21 run-off with Mangum. Gllbert got 2,784 votes and Garrison received 2,565 votes.

Mangum said she was overwhelmed by the

support she received in the primary. For the past three weeks, Mangum said she has been busy campaigning, even taking vacation to get out to see the people.

“After I get my second wind in a day or two, I’ll be hitting it hard again,” said Mangum. “I want what is best for Jackson County; that has

been my intent the whole time. This is where my heart is.” She suggests that being the front-runner is recognition of the hard work she has put in on behalf of Jackson Countians for the past 27 years.

“I want to thank everyone for the kindness and encouragement and, most of all, for the prayers they lifted up for me,” said Mangum. She pledged to continue to keep running a positive, fact-based campaign.

Other votes went to Greg Vaughan, 452; Ronnie Norris, 250; Randy Moore, 219; and Gerald Moon, 124.

For Probate Court, Sherry Moore outdis-tanced the three others in the race but put fewer than 400 votes between herself and Donna Sikes.With 31.91 percent, Moore was the top vote-getter with 3,502 votes. Sikes got 3,110 votes for 28.34 percent to move into the runoff with Moore. Tracy Brooks was close behind with 3,032 votes, or 27.63 percent.

Donna Geiger got 1,326 vote, or 12.08 per-cent.

Turnout for the primary was 38.87 per-cent, according to Election Supervisor Lori Wurtz, who noted turnout was up from previ-ous votes. Results will not be finalized until

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Braselton PoliceA July 23 damage to

property report was filed by a driver after an on-coming vehicle on Spout Springs Road lost an item off the vehicle. The object struck the front left fender and door or the complainant’s truck.

A Braselton resident notified police on July 24 that someone had cashed his federal tax return in Pearson. The complainant said he had filed his return and first contacted the IRS on May 14 and was told the check was mailed. He once again contacted the IRS on June 14 and requested a refund trace. The IRS said the check had been cashed on June 14. Resident was provided with the Pearson City Police Department’s contact in-formation as well as the store information where the check was cashed. The case has been for-warded to investigations.

On July 25, police responded to Highway 53 at Zion Church Road where a driver said she was attempting to enter the turn lane but drove over the white line and hit an area that had been rutted out. The front tire was flattened, the rim was bent and a small amount of damage to the rear passenger side tire was also report-ed. The car was towed to the car dealership.

On July 25, a theft was reported outside a residence of Mossy Oak Landing. The victim said while doing contract work he had left his Samsung notebook tab-let in his pickup truck to

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charge. Upon returning to his truck, he noticed the tablet was miss-ing. He went back into residence to see if it was inside but remembered leaving it in the truck. He saw a couple of juveniles walking fast down the street to a residence on White Beam Trail Road. The victim went to the location and spoke with the father and brother of the juveniles. The juveniles said they saw three to four black males walking back and forth beside the vehicle and then walking between two residences to the trail that lead to the Falls Of Braselton. The trails were checked but nothing was found. The victim’s I.T. department will be able to locate the device.

A 1986 Red Mazda pick up truck with white stripes down the side was reported stolen from a Highway 211

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location on July 26. The Cleveland owner said he parked the vehicle at 6:30 a.m. and his co-workers told him that his truck had been missing since 9 a.m.

An officer on a traffic enforcement detail on Highway 211 on July 27 saw the passenger in a red vehicle traveling north on attempting to conceal his face. The Mercury Cougar had a brake light out and had a driveout tag. A traf-fic stop was conducted on Golf Club Drive and Highway 211 and the driver and passenger had conflicting stories about where they were going. Asked it he was lost, the driver said he was looking for an ad-dress in Stockbridge. The officer advised him he was more than 45 minutes north of Atlanta and a long way from Stockbridge. The pas-senger was nervous and his hands were shaking. A consent search was

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granted and the officers located a black bag con-taining a green T-shirt and a pair of gloves. Underneath the passen-ger’s seat was a skull motorcycle mask and another pair of gloves. The passenger said the items were used for paint ball but the officer knew the items were not regulated paint ball gear. A Gwinnett County task force unit was called to the scene. Also in the black bag were four Metro PSC cell phones which the passenger said he had found along DeKalb County streets and at MARTA stations. He agreed to turn over the phones since they were found items. The mask, shirts, gloves and bag were photographed.

A Perimeter Circle resident reported a pos-sible fraud on July 28. The victim said he was having a moving sale and sold $5,700 worth of furniture to a man who arranged to have movers come for some of the furniture at a later date. The victim depos-ited the hundred dollars bills into his bank ATM and noticed the four $20 bills remaining appeared to be counterfeit. Police collected the fake money to enter into evidence.

A suspicious ve-hicle was reported at the Golden Pantry on Highway 53 at 2 a.m. on July 30. The dark-colored Chevy Camaro pulled into a driveway, waited for a while and then drove away. An of-

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ficer pulled in behind the vehicle at the gas pumps and conducted a traffic stop. The officer walked up to the vehicle and a female in the driver seat said first she left her license at home before then acknowledging her license was suspended. The female said she didn’t drive to the loca-tion and the passengers in the car claimed they didn’t know who was driving. The officer transported the driver to the Gwinnett County Jail.

The Bendcreek Lane area has been experienc-ing a rash of egg-and- butter-tossing incidents and surveillance video may have captured the repeat offenders on tape. Several suspects may be involved.

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provisional and Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) are tabulated on Friday.

Wurtz said the day at the polls went very smoothly, and the new election night process was wonderful. It sped things up to have pre-liminary results complete just after 11 p.m.

Wurtz said there were a lot of phone calls fielded about the sheriff’s candidates being only on the Republican ballot.

“The voters came to the polls uneducated and didn’t understand this was a primary election, not a general election, and you voted by party,” said Wurtz.

Those who voted in the Republican Pri-mary can return to the polls for the runoff balloting, and registered voters who did not participate in Tuesday’s vote can cast a ballot in the runoff.

“Because there is a huge public interest in the Sheriff and Probate Judge races, we an-ticipate a heavy turnout,” said Wurtz of the upcoming primary.

Jackson County voters gave a big thumbs down for the transportation intiative which would have added another penny of sales tax to be earmarked for an identified project list. There were 8,726 votes against T-SPLOST and 3,002 signaling approval for the new means of funding regional road projects. Jackson County’s vote was just shy of a 75-25 split. Vot-

ers of the Northeast Georgia area also over-whelmingly rejected the initiative.

The transportation sales tax referendum was defeated in most parts of Georgia on Tuesday but no place worse than the 13-county Georgia Mountains region, which in-cludes Hall County.

At presstime, the referendum appeared headed for defeat in nine of 12 regions in Georgia, including the 10-county Atlanta re-gion.

While the voters rejected a change in fund-ing for transportation, Jackson County voters did opt for change in leadership of the county

commission.“People were ready for a change,” said

Crow, who was on hand for consolidation of ballots in the Administration Building audito-rium. He said he had not planned to stay the entire evening, but “things got so interesting, I just stayed on.”

Crow got out to an early lead, outpacing Bicknell by 58.49 percent to 41.51 percent when the first five precincts were tallied. Bicknell had been a candidate for the 9th District Congressional race before bowing out to seek re-election as chairman. In the end, Crow tallied up 5,792 votes to Bicknell’s 4,535 votes.

When January rolls around, Crow said, “We’ll have to stand back and analyze every-thing we’ve got.” He said he wants to open the lines of communication and work with the county manager and finance director, sug-gesting there are some information may not have been shared with everyone.

“The economy has been negatively impact-ing everybody, not just [Jackson County,]” said Crow. “It’s impacting all the citizens. We are all in it together and have to work together.”

Crow suggests that a reality check will be in order. “There is not a private pot of gold to keep dipping into,” he said.

Before half the precincts were tallied, in-cumbent State Court Judge Rob Alexander was winning handily over challenger Jeff Perry with 74.62 percent to Perry’s 25.34 per-cent. In the end, Alexander got 8,000 votes to Perry’s 3,006.

In the District 2 commission race, incum-bent Chas Hardy will keep his post as he garnered 1,326 votes while Max Allen got

577 votes and former commissioner Jody Thompson received 542 votes.

In the District 1 commission seat, currently held by Crow, Jim Hix got a total of 1,754 votes while Guy Spicer received 743 votes.

The special vote related to alcoholic bever-age sales in Jackson County got the voter nod. The measure for Sunday consumption on the premises passed by a margin of 56.2 percent to 43.8 percent.

Related to Sunday package sales of alco-hol, Jackson County favored approval by a 56.14 percent to 43.86 percent vote.

State Sen. Frank Ginn won re-election, tak-ing 68.06 percent of the vote as challenger Danny Yearwood, commission chairman in Barrow County, got 31.94 percent. Jackson County’s vote was 66.34 percent for Ginn and 33.66 percent for Yearwood.

In the State House 117 contest, Jackson County went for incumbent Doug McKillip, giving him 636 votes against Regina Quick’s 373 votes. However, across the House district of Jackson, Barrow, Oconee and Clarke coun-ties, Quick was able to amass 3,686 votes for 50.44 percent of the total to unseat McKillip.

Jackson County handled Martha Zoller 4,274 votes toward her close race with Doug Collins in the 9th Congressional District race. They will faceoff in the Aug. 21 Republican primary. In Jackson County, 42.26 percent of the vote went to Zoller with Collins getting 39.66 percent, or 4,011 votes. Across the dis-trict, Collins garnered 41.8 percent of the vote with Zoller getting 41.2 percent. Roger Fitz-patrick got 1,828 votes in Jackson County.

See all Jackson County results from Tues-day’s primary at ClickThePaper.com

RUNOFFS from page 1A

Aug. 21 is the date for runoff

Debbie Purvis The PaperTom and Nadine Crow were at the Ad-ministration Building Tuesday evening for results of the primary balloting.

POLICE REPORT

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Units responded July 22 to a Davenport Road personal care home where a resident was displaying signs of a pos-sible stroke. Personnel assisted in loading the patient for transport by Med 3.

A man cutting grass on July 22 on Amy Indus-trial Lane called for as-sistance after he said he was blown off his lawn mower. He complained of back and leg pain. Med 3 provided transport.

An EMS call was made to a Wood Crest Drive residence on July 23 where the patient was conscious but not alert. She said she had checked her blood sugar but the meter was not reading correctly. After personnel checked her sugar, she said she was feeling fine and did not require transport.

A call later that day found personnel at another Wood Crest resi-dence where a patient was showing possible stroke signs. She said the pain of the past five days was getting worse and she requested to go to St. Mary’s Hospital. Personnel assisted in loading the patient for transport by Med 3.

An alarm sounded at Haverty’s on Broadway Avenue on July 24 but the call was cancelled by the alarm company.

A July 25 medical call was responded to on Walnut Ridge. The pa-tient was transported to Northeast Georgia Medi-cal Center by Med 3.

A Walnut Road resident was transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center on July 25 after the patient was stabilized.

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A Doe Ridge resi-dent was transported to Athens Regional Medi-cal Center on July 26 after possibly suffering a stroke.

On July 27, personnel responded to The Olive Branch. A patient was transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center by Med 3.

A system malfunction was determined to be the cause of a smoke alarm activation at CVS on the afternoon of July 27. All customers were outside the store when fire personnel arrived on the scene. After fire personnel checked for smoke in the photo sec-tion and finding no fire, the manager was able to successfully reset the alarm.

A Pocket Road resident was transported by Med 3 on a July 27 medical call.

Personnel responded July 27 to a report of a dog bite on Pinecrest Street. Units were can-celled en route.

A Roberts Road resi-dent was advised to ex-tinguish the illegal burn of construction materials on July 27. The lumber was left to burn with no one around.

The patient at a Highway 53 medical call on July 27 was trans-ported by Northeast Georgia Medical Center by Med 3. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office cleared the scene before emergency responders entered the residence.

A medical call was responded to in the early morning hours of July 28 on Johnson Drive. The patient was transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center by Med

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28, Engine 31 and Med 3 responded to Highway 124 and Maddox Road where a vehicle had struck a pedestrian in the roadway. The patient was lying in the middle of the road. When Med 3 arrived, Emory Flight was dispatched to the scene. Other West Jackson Fire Department personnel responded to a second alarm to respond to West Jackson Primary School to set up landing zone and E32 responded to the land zoning while the E31 crew assisted Med 3 crew in placing patient in full spinal im-mobilization, loading the patient onto stretcher and into Med 3. One of E31 crew drove Med 3 to the landing zone. The patient was transferred to Emory Flight and transported to Atlanta Medical Center.

Just after 3 p.m. on Saturday, firefighters responded to an outside equipment fire at 401 Lewis Braselton Blvd., where a transformer had blown. Firefight-ers found transformer, power pole and grass beneath on fire. Firefight-ers contained the fire to the area awaiting the arrival of the Jackson EMC crew which discon-nected power from the transformer. The ground fire and fire on pole below transformer was extinguished by firefight-ers and Jackson EMC personnel extinguished the transformer fire with handheld extinguish-ers. Units responded back to the location just after 5 p.m. to wet down the power pole at the request of Jackson EMC crews.

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Units from Jackson Trail, West Jackson and the Jackson County Correctional Insti-tute Fire Departments were dispatched at 5 p.m. July 29 to 86 Cottonwood Road in Jeffer-son on a reported structure fire.

Firefighters responded and found a two-story single-family residence which was half engulfed by fire.

One firefighter was injured due to heat and transported by Jackson County EMS to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gaines-ville for evaluation.

The house was listed as a total loss and the cause of the fire is under investigation by the Jackson Trail Fire Department. The scene was cleared just before 10 p.m.

No was home at the time of the fire.

Pedestrian struck by vehicleEmergency units from West Jackson Fire

and Jackson County EMS responded at 3:43 a.m. on July 28 to Zion Church Road at the in-tersection of Highway 124 to a reported auto accident with injuries.

Upon arrival they found a 16-year-old male who had been struck by a vehicle in the roadway. The patient had sustained several injuries including a possible head injury. The patient was treated on the scene and pre-pared for transfer to Atlanta Medical Center in Atlanta.

Air Methods was requested for helicopter transport and the patient, who was listed as critical at the scene, was flown to that facil-ity.

According to Jackson County Director of Public Safety Steve Nichols, the condition of the patient at Atlanta Medical is unknown.

Emergency crews left the scene at 5:16 a.m.

– From Jackson County Emergency Services

West Jackson Fire Department

For The PaperWhile fighting this Sunday house fire, a firefighter suffered heat-related injuries.

Sunday fire destroys home

The second annual Hero’s Ball will feature recognition of four public safety workers from West Jackson, accord-ing to organizer Amber Cha-tham.

The Hero’s Ball is a “Dress Blues, Black Tie Optional” event to honor the men and women of the West Jackson Fire Department, Braselton Police Department and the Jackson County Sheriff’s Of-fice.

All of the proceeds support eXchange, Chatham’s non-profit that supports the wives and children of wounded and deceased Special Operations Forces Soldiers. eXchange also assists Operation One Voice in its support of the families of Special Ops sol-diers.

The eXchange was founded in the spring of 2011 out of Chatham’s conviction to tell her heroes “Thank you for eXchanging your life for my everyday freedoms.”

The Hero’s Ball will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 31, at the Braselton-Sto-ver House in Braselton.

Tax-deductible tickets are $100 per person and tickets include dinner prepared by Cornbread and Caviar from food donated by Whole Foods, a special gift from Funari Realty and Chateau Elan, entertainment by Nel-son Brownstone and access to a cash bar and gun raffle. A complimentary cigar bar is being provided by D&R Ci-

gars. Sponsorship of a $2,500 table will include seats for two public safety persons and their guests.

Special room rates at Cha-teau Elan will be available for event-goers.

For more information on the eXchange or the Hero’s Ball, visit www.exchange-usa.org or contact Amber Chatham at 706-224-5493.

Hero’s Ball will honor public safety members

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Ray AbernathyDied July 23, 2012

Ray Abernathy, 83, of Winder, died Monday, July 23, 2012.

Born April 1, 1929, in Helen, he was a son of the late Joel and Gillie Aberna-thy. He was a 1946 graduate of Towns County High School and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Agri-culture from Berry College in 1950. He served proudly in the United States Navy from 1952-56. He worked for the Department of Agricul-ture for 30 years beginning with the Veteran Training Program, then as a county supervisor of the Farmers Home Administration before retiring as assistant district director in 1984. Upon his re-tirement from government service, he started his second career in real estate develop-ment, both building and man-aging apartments. He retired again in 2009. For 52 years, he called Winder home and was an active member of the Winder Lions Club and First Baptist Church Brotherhood Sunday school class for most of that time. He enjoyed yard work, gardening and the Georgia Bulldogs.

Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Martha; eldest son, Mike, of Athens; young-est son, Jerry and daughter-in-law, Susan, of Dacula; and grandchildren, Erin and Kyle Abernathy.

Funeral services were held Monday, July 30, 2012, at First Baptist Church of Winder with the Rev. Irby Stanley officiating. Dona-tions may be made to the Winder First Baptist Church Paydown Presson Fund, 635 Jefferson Highway, Winder, GA 30680.

Smith Funeral Home, Winder

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Jerry AhernDied July 24, 2012

Jerry Ahern, 66, of Jeffer-son, died Tuesday, July 24, 2012.

Born in Chicago, Ill., he was a son of the late John and Arline Ahern. He was an award-winning, internation-ally-known author of more than 80 novels, including “The Survivalist” series, nu-merous non-fiction books as well as thousands of maga-zine articles. In recent years, he served as an editorial consultant. Additionally, he was a strong supporter of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights. Jerry had a strong Christian faith and led a vigorous and healthy lifestyle until a recent and ag-gressive cancer took his life. His positive and never-give-up attitude as well as a good sense of humor were a part of his day to day throughout. Jerry was deeply cherished and loved by his family; all those that knew him loved him. He had a strong devo-tion to his family.

Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Sharon Ahern; children, Samantha and Robert Akers of Commerce, Jason and Tracy Ahern of Buford; grandchildren, Ol-ivia Akers, Alec, Aidan, Em-ily and Addison Ahern; and nephew, George R. Smith of Hartwell.

A private family memo-rial service will be held on a later date.

Evans Funeral Home, Jef-ferson


Randall H. FaulknerDied July 25, 2012

Randall H. Faulkner, 64, of Hoschton, died Wednesday, July 25, 2012.

Born in Hall County, he was a son tof the late Homer John and Agnes Doster Faulkner. Mr. Faulkner retired from General Motors Company with more than 30 years of service. He was a member of Walnut Fork Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife of 42 years, Patri-cia Faulkner; daughters, Cindy Gilleland and Becky Faulkner, both of Hoschton; seven grandchildren; and a number of other relatives.

Funeral services were held Saturday, July 28, 2012, in the chapel of Evans Fu-neral Home with the Rev. Gary Carlyle and the Rev. Tim Strickland officiating. Interment was in the Walnut Fork Baptist Church Cem-etery.



Martha Dean HeadDied July 29, 2012

Mrs. Martha Dean Fite Head, 101, of Jefferson, died Sunday, July 29, 2012.

Born in Jackson County, she was a daughter of the late Judge Pemberton Cooley and the late Martha Crooks Cooley. She was a lifetime member of the First United Methodist Church of Jef-ferson. She graduated from Piedmont College and taught school at the Martin Institute. Mrs. Head was preceded in death by her husbands, George Henry Fite and Sid-ney A. Head; daughter, Mar-tha Pem Fite Deadwyler; and seven brothers and sisters.

Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Henry and Sandra Fite of Jefferson; grandchildren, Chantel and Stacy Tolbert, Kelby and Jaime Fite, Marla Cooley, Peggy Deadwyler, Sandi Deadwyler and James H. Deadwyler; brother, Hugh T. Cooley of Commerce; 12 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren

Funeral services were held Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, at the First United Methodist Church of Jefferson with the Rev. Pemberton Cooley III and the Rev. Chris Las-key officiating. The burial followed in the Woodbine Cemetery. Flowers are op-tional with memorials made to Eagle Ranch, P.O. Box, 7200, Chestnut Mountain, GA 30502-0500, the Special Olympics,1133 19th St. NW, Washington, DC 20036, or the American Cancer Society, 1684 Barnett Shoals Road, Athens, GA 30605.



Albert Edward Hopcraft Sr.

Died July 24, 2012Albert Edward Hopcraft

Sr., 86, of Jefferson, died Tuesday, July 24, 2012.

Born in Mansfield, Mass., he retired after 30 years of service in the United States Marine Corps. He attained the rank of Senior Master Sergeant and served in World War II, the Korean War and two tours in Vietnam.

Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Catherine O’Steen Hopcraft; daughter, Linda Hopcraft Vaughan (Martin) of Richmond, Va.; son, Ed Hopcraft Jr., (Rebecca Wright) of White Plains; grandchildren, Chad E. (Jenny) Hopcraft, David W. (Adelyn) Hopcraft and Casey Hopcraft; great-grand-children, Chloe, Maggy, Jes-sie and Dani Hopcraft; and brother, Calvin Hopcraft of Oklahoma.

A graveside service was held Saturday, July 28, 2012, in Evans Memory Gardens in Jefferson.



Buck William McDanielDied July 24, 2012

Buck William McDaniel, 47, of Winder, died Tuesday, July 24, 2012.

Born in Winder, he was a self-employed carpenter and an ordained Baptist minis-ter.

Survivors include his par-ents, Royce and Shirley Nix McDaniel of Winder; son, Kyle William (Shannon) Gib-son of Cornelia; daughters, Casey LeAnn McDaniel of Winder and Kelly E. (Wesley) King of Alto; grandchildren, Zech King, Calebe King and Kaiti Beth Gibson; brothers, Terry McDaniel of Arnolds-ville and Steve McDaniel of Hull; and sisters, Mille Davis, Susan McDaniel and Donna Fowler, all of Winder, and Tammy Whisnant of Jeffer-son.

Funeral services were held Friday, July 27, 2012, in Smith Memory Chapel with the Revs. Lamar Kastner and Joel Shadburn officiating. In-terment was in the Revival Baptist Church Cemetery in Braselton.



Thomas Dale MurphyDied July 27, 2012

Thomas Dale Murphy, 74, of Milledgeville, formerly of Pendergrass, died Friday, July 27, 2012.

Born in Jackson County, he was a son of the late Thomas Woodrow Murphy and the late Irene Cooper Murphy. He worked in sales at Slack Auto Parts and was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was a member of the St. Michael’s Catholic Church and a member of the Knights of Columbus.

Survivors include his daughter, Michelle Matar-rese of Alpharetta; son, John Paul Murphy of Monroe; sisters, Carol Holzhalb and

Woodie Oglesby, both of Pen-dergrass; brother, William Murphy of Pendergrass; and grandchildren, Jade Mur-phy, and Alli, Melissa and Nicole Matarrese.

A memorial service was held Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in the Georgia National Cemetery in Canton. In lieu of flowers, please make memorials to the National Parkinson Foundation, Gift Processing Center, P.O. Box 5018, Hagerstown, MD 21741-5018.



Gene PerraultDied July 21, 2012

Gene Perrault, 80, of Winder, died Saturday, July 21, 2012.

Mr. Perrault served in the United States Army during the Korean War and retired after 23 years of service as Chief Warrant Officer. He was a custodian for Gwin-nett County Public Schools, North Gwinnett High School, Alcova Elementary, and Gainesville area churches. He also worked for 10 years at Aloma Baptist Church in Winter Park, Fla., and 13 years at NCR as an electronic technician. He loved playing fast pitch softball, tennis, rac-quetball, hunting, fishing and especially bowling. He also boxed in the Army. A son of the late Fred and Bernice Perrault, he was also pre-ceded in death by siblings, Herbert, John, Robert, Dolo-res and an infant sister.

Survivors include his wife, Marie Perrault; children, Linda and Steven Ladd, Cheryl and Mike Moore, Su-san and Mark Koss, Cindy and Greg Faulkner; broth-ers, Frederick Perrault, Mickey Perrault, Julius Perrault, Jerry Perrault, Edward Perrault; sisters, Marion Balsimo, Bernice “Curls” Waupoose, Violet Claeys, Judy Hamann, Jean-nie Saippa; grandchildren, Jacob, Aaron, Kristen, Ed-ward, Carson, Johnathan, Mary and Nathan.

Funeral services were held Friday, July 27, 2012, in the Lawrenceville Chapel of Tim Stewart Funeral Home with Pastor Irby Stanley of-ficiating. Burial was in the Georgia National Cemetery in Canton.

Donations may be made to the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia - Barrow County - Food 2 Kids, in memory of Gene Perrault, P.O. Box 48857, Athens, Ga. 30604.

Tim Stewart Funeral Home, Lawrenceville


Ellen Louise PerryDied July 21, 2012

Ellen Louise Perry, 100, of Winder, died Saturday, July 21, 2012.

Born in Jefferson, she was a homemaker. She attended Winder First United Meth-odist Church. She was pre-ceded in death by her par-ents, Thomas Purdy Davis and Zipporah Hayes David; husband, Mack Perry; sons, Jack Perry and Mack Perry Jr.; daughter, Joyce Miller; brothers, Malvin, Hayes, Ed, George, John and Jim Davis; and sisters, Ruth Con-nell, Mary Lou McDonald, Eva Merle Snyder and Beth Wages.

Survivors include her daughters, Marie Perry Wall and husband Henry of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Beth Jackson and husband Joe of Jefferson; 18 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; 16 great-great-grandchildren; and sisters, Vera Pace of Winder and Pansy Alexan-der of Jefferson.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, July 24, 2012, in Smith Memory Chapel with the Rev. Larry Rary offici-ating. Interment was in Bar-row Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Winder First United Methodist Church or a charity of your choice.



Clyde RobertsDied July 28, 2012

Samuel Clyde Roberts, 86, of Monroe, died July 28, 2012.

Born in Walton County, he was a son of the late Charlie Ross and Nellie Brooks Rob-erts. He was a self-employed farmer.

Survivors include his wife, Frances Vanderford Rob-erts; son and daughter-in-law, Charles and Jean Roberts of Monroe; three grandchil-dren; five great-grandchil-dren; a great-great-grand-child; and sisters, Virginia Whitehead of Monroe, Doro-thy Evans and Mary Alice Roberts, both of Bethlehem, and Ruby Nell Whitaker of Augusta.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in Smith Memory Chapel with the Rev. Varin Vogt of-ficiating. Interment was in the Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery.



Fairst SpicerDied July 30, 2012

Fairst Spicer, 66, of Winder, died Monday, July 30, 2012.

Arrangements will be an-nounced by Lawson Funeral Home, 35 First St., Hoschton, GA 30548, 706-654-0966.


George R. Wagner Jr.Died July 25, 2012

George R. Wagner Jr., 76, of Bethlehem, died Wednes-day, July 25, 2012.

A native of Birmingham, Ala., he was the son of the late George R. Sr., and Cal-lie Lou Roberts Wagner. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict and was a graduate of Auburn University. He was a retiree of the Internal Revenue Service and was a member of Lifeway Church of Auburn.

Survivors include his wife, Barbara S. Wagner; sons, Jim Wagner of Atlanta and David Wagner of Lawrenceville; and five grandchildren.

A graveside service was held Saturday, July 28, 2012, in Barrow Memorial Gar-dens with the Rev. Bruce Rhodes officiating.

Carter Funeral Home, Winder


Betty YarbroughDied July 26, 2012

Mrs. Mabeth “Betty” Duf-fell Yarbrough, 84, of Ath-ens, died Thursday, July 26, 2012.

Born in Jackson County, she was a daughter of the late Ernest and Myrtice Roberts Wilkes. She was re-tired from the Navy Supply Corps School, where she was an executive assistant. She was a member of the East Athens Baptist Church. Mrs. Yarbrough was preceded in death by her husband, Bobby R. Duffell; husband, Carl Eu-gene Yarbrough; daughter, Pam Duffell Simmons; son-in-law, Rodney Simmons; and brother, Bob Wilkes.

Survivors include her chil-dren, Kathy Duffell Johnson of Athens, Brad Duffell of Jacksonville, Fla., Debbie Duffell White of Raleigh, N.C., and Patti Duffell of Bishop; sisters, Ernestine Wilkes Daniel of Portland, Ore., Jo Anne Allen, Sunny-side and Jane Campbell of Kansas City, Mo.; brother, Jack Wilkes of Pelham; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Saturday, July 28, 2012, in the East Athens Baptist Church with Chaplain Dennis Duck officiating. The burial followed in the Oconee Hill Cemetery with the East Ath-ens Baptist Church Deacons honored as pallbearers.

In lieu of flowers, make memorials to the Hospice Advantage, 2470 Daniels Bridge Road Suite 171, Ath-ens, GA 30606.



OBITUARIESCHURCH NEWS

The First Baptist Church of Winder Woman’s Missionary Union is sponsoring a Barrow County Schools Prayer Walk at 6 p.m. on Aug. 6. Come and join us at your neighborhood school to pray for students and staff for the 2012-2013 school year.

The Church of Hoschton, located at 3849 High-way 53 in the West Jackson Shopping Center in Hoschton, invites you to worship. Sunday services begin with Bible study at 9:30 a.m. with morning worship at 10:30 a.m. and Sunday evening wor-ship at 6. There is children’s church and a nursery for children 7 years of age and under every Sun-day morning.

Wednesday night prayer meeting begins at 7 with Bible study at 7:30 p.m.

The pastor, the Rev. Cory Sexton, can be reached at 678-234-9408.

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Mulberry Baptist Church will be hosting revival at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 2-3 with the Rev. Arthur Suther-land as guest preacher.

Mulberry Baptist Church is located at 5970 Thompson Mill Road in Hoschton. The Rev. Ollie V. Hayes is the pastor.

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Corner-Stone Church Preschool, located at 6933 Highway 11 in Jefferson, will host an open house from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 7. Get more information by visiting www.corner-stone.org/preschool

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Mulberry Baptist Church is hosting a singing at 6 p.m. on Aug. 12 featuring Frankie Wilson as guest singer. Call Doug at 770-534-0023.

Mulberry Baptist Church is located at 5970 Thompson Mill Road in Hoschton. The Rev. Ollie V. Hayes is the pastor.

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Bethlehem First UMC will celebrate homecom-ing on Sunday, Aug. 5. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Jim Taylor.

Bethlehem First United Methodist Church hosts four worship services weekly. A communion service is held at 8:30 a.m. in the church chapel, followed by contemporary celebration at 9:30 in the fellowship hall, with a traditional service at 11 a.m. in the main sanctuary. The church has a second service at 11 a.m. on Sunday mornings in the Worship Center. This service is called The Edge. Sunday school classes are available for all age groups beginning at 9:30 and 11 a.m. The church is at 709 Christmas Ave., in Bethlehem. Contact the Rev. Parker Benson at 770-867-3727 or visit www.bigwhitechurch.com

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Calvary Baptist-Statham will host its First Friday Night Singing on Aug. 3 which will feature Threads of Hope, Jonathan and April Swanger and The Calvary Baptist Choir will also be singing. A love offering will be taken at end of program Please plan to attend. The concert starts at 7 p.m.

Calvary Baptist is at 1975 Highway 82 in Sta-tham. Dr. Ronnie Healan can be reached at 770-725- 5164 or visit www.calvary baptiststatham.org.

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East Side Baptist Church will celebrate its 98th homecoming on Aug. 5 with lunch following the service. The Homeland Boys will be singing at the service and everyone is invited to the celebration.

The church is collecting school supplies for the children of the congregation. A collection box is in the back of the church.

The church is on Bert Day Road and Ga. High-way 8 next to Smith Funeral Home. Contact the Rev. Darrell Gilmer at 770-867-5774.

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Winder First United Methodist Church will host a churchwide back to Sunday School pancake breakfast and promotion on Sunday, Aug. 5, in the Fellowship Hall with serving lines opening at 9:30. Wednesday night suppers begin on Aug. 15 with serving lines opening at 5:45.

Sunday services are at 8:45 a.m. for early worship, 10 a.m. Sunday school and 10:55 a.m. worship service. A Contemporary Worship service is at 11 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall each Sunday.

The church is at 280 N. Broad St., in Winder. Visit www.winderfumc.com or contact the Rev. Terry L. Tippens at 770-867-4594.

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The annual Fall Children’s Consignment sale at Winder First United Methodist Church is set for Saturday, Aug. 18, from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. in the Fel-lowship Hall. A community yard sale will be held on the front lawn that day as well with funds going toward Faith Fest.

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Union Baptist Church will host a bone marrow drive on Sept. 8 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Be the Match is the organization in charge of it. Visit www.marrow.org.

Union Baptist Church has 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. services on Sunday with Sunday School at 9:45. Evening worship is at 6. Union Baptist Church is at 527 Union Church Road in Winder. Call 770-867-7273 or visit www.winderubc.org

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The Barrow County Habitat for Humanity is seeking volunteers for its 14th home being built in the Lochwolde subdivision.

Habitat needs carpenters, plumbers, painters, dry wall workers, electricians or anyone willing to help. Workdays are on Wednesdays and Satur-days starting at 9 a.m.

The address of the house is 921 Lochwolde Lane off Highway 81 in Bethlehem. The Habitat sign marks the spot.Visit www.barrowhabitat.org or call 770-277-7997.

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It is 8:15 a.m. and the Jackson County 4-H Love of Llamas youth have pulled out of Chelian Farms for the 10-hour trek to Noblesville, Ind., to attend the Jamboree.

For the past four years, youth from across the United States have gathered to learn more about llamas and showing. They have attended workshops and lecture classes and have com-peted in both performance and showmanship classes. This year is no different. For the six youth from Jackson County, it is a time to reacquaint themselves with friends from previous summers or, for Bree Bingham, a time to make new friends.

Bree Bingham, Andie Ellett, Caroline Flynn, Bailey Jones, Elizabeth Ingram and Hunter Snow attended the Jamboree held June 22- 24.

What was their favorite thing about participating in the Jamboree?

Andie Ellett said, “I think having the opportunity to show llamas that I haven’t shown before and to learn how other farms operate.”

Hunter Snow thoughtfully explained, “My favorite thing about the Jamboree is the handling opportunities and mak-ing new friends. It’s a unique opportunity and unlike any other shows we go to, there are more youth to meet, to compete against, to learn from and to become friends with.”

All of the youth had a wonderful time and created mem-ories that will stay with them as they grow. Caroline Flynn summed up the experience.

“I really enjoy going to the Indiana show over the summer because it’s a great way to meet other youth who share com-mon interests with myself, and the other members of our or-ganization,” said Flynn. “The atmosphere is always exciting and the Jamboree is a great learning experience for llama- showers of all ages.”

Competing with more than 100 youth at this year’s event, the Jackson County’s 4-H Love of Llamas youth brought home many ribbons and placements.

Congratulations go out to Hunter Snow who received the award of Intermediate Performance Grand Champion and Intermediate Versatility Champion and to Bailey Jones for being named the Junior Reserve Performance Champion.

These are the highest awards earned at any animal show-ing:

Pack Class Placements Intermediate division: 4th Hunter Snow; 8th Elizabeth

Ingram Junior division: 3rd, Bree Bingham; 4th, Bailey Jones; 7th,

Andie Ellett Take a Chance Showmanship Placements

Senior division: 6th, Caroline Flynn Intermediate division: 2nd, Hunter Snow Junior division: 3rd, Bree Bingham

Public Relations Placements Senior division: 10th, Caroline Flynn Intermediate division: 1st, Hunter Snow; 2nd, Elizabeth

Ingram Junior division: 1st, Bailey Jones; 6th, Bree Bingham; 8th,

Andie Ellett Obstacle Class Placements

Intermediate division: 1st, Hunter Snow; 4th, Elizabeth Ingram

Junior division: 2nd, Bree Bingham; 4th, Bailey Jones; 5th, Andie Ellett

Showmanship Class Placements Senior division: 3rd, Caroline Flynn Intermediate division: 1st, Hunter 8th, Elizabeth Junior division: 2nd, Andie Ellett; 5th, Bree Bingham; 7th-

Bailey Jones Educational Poster Contest Placements

Junior division: 1st, Cody Avery; 6th, Bree Bingham Intermediate division: 6th, Brooke Bullock Senior division: 5th, Dana Hunt

Kim Kyst, Love of Llamas volunteer leader, sums up the

opportunity by saying, “This show is the most unique of shows available. It allows youth to compete on a national level with an estimate of 120-plus youth annually. This event builds ca-maraderie for youth exploring future livestock, animal sci-ence and veterinarian opportunities.

“This event gave opportunity for an education poster com-petition, three performance youth show divisions and youth showmanship,” said Kyst. “In addition, the youth were able to participate in fiber processing, craft education, vet clinics lead by Perdue University veterinarians, judging clinics lead by Alpaca Llama Show Association (ALS) judges and so much more. It’s just amazing to experience and see the faces of the youth involved.

“It’s been an annual event for me for five years and the show seems to gets better each year; the competition is the best against the best,” said Kyst. “Congratulations to the winners from the Jackson County 4-H Love of Llamas program.”

For The PaperHunter Snow, Bailey Jones and Elizabeth Ingram competed this summer.

Kim Kyst, who has worked as marketing coordinator for the Jackson County Area Chamber of Commerce for more than two years, will be honored at a drop-in reception from 3:30-5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 8, at the Chamber.

“It is with sad news that I inform you that Kim Kyst is leav-ing the Chamber of Commerce. Kim has been a key part of our team,” said Chamber President and CEO Shane Short.

“Kim’s daughter, Chelsea, has accepted an internship in Hawaii and Kim will be temporarily relocating there with her daughter,” said Short.

“We will miss her greatly and wish her the best of success in her future,” said Short, in inviting the community to drop in and honor Kim for her service to the Chamber of Com-merce.

For The PaperAmong those competing in Indiana were Caroline Flynn, Hunter Snow and Eliza-beth Ingram (back row); Bailey Jones, Bree Bingham and Andie Ellett.

4-H Love of Llamas Youth compete in Indiana

Kim Kyst to be honored at reception

SUMMER SHOWINGS

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There is a friend of mine — one of the heroes I have known and loved — who is fascinating in the life lessons he shares and the accumulation of wisdom that seems to come so eas-ily to him.

He came to the Deep South as a young man, hav-ing grown up in California without the benefit of his fa-ther who had died bravely in the Battle of the Bulge. He became an attorney. A brilliant one. The kind who rarely loses. The Perry Mason-type who can take what seems like a certain loss and uncover the hid-den truth which turns it into a winner.

I have often heard him say, “I’m for the little guy.” I have spent hours with him, spellbound by the stories and his experiences. As a young girl, I met him through Daddy, who was a wise judge of people, and who saw in this hip, longish-haired, lanky man, a person of integrity and sincerity.

“He’s a good ’un,” Daddy often said. “They don’t come no finer than Jim.”

Among the many things I have long admired about him is that he came to the rural South with no bias or

preset notions. When he arrived here,

he plopped himself down amidst a region of people so different in language and actions from those he had known in California yet in the midst of foreign dialects, he made himself at home.

He never mocked or laughed at the difference of us compared to what he had long known, but rather he appreciated and applauded the uniqueness and the sturdiness of our people.

Though I was barely a teenager when he first merged his life with ours, I innately knew that he was the kind of person to emu-late. Daddy’s old two-story garage, where he repaired cars, has a two-step plat-form in the back, which has a wood-burning stove.

I rarely walked in to see Daddy working. He was almost always sitting

in a small, black leather-covered seat that rose only a few inches from the ground, his long legs stretched out as he sipped a cup of coffee — heavy with cream and sugar — and shooting the bull with four or five men who were just hanging out.

Sometimes, Daddy would have his worn Sco-field Bible flung open as he explained a “thing or two” they all needed to know.

Occasionally, I would find this rather out-of-place looking young man, prema-turely silver in his 20s, who was sitting at the feet of this Southern Socrates, eager to learn all about life.

“Ralph,” he has often said of Daddy, “was one of the wisest men I ever met. I loved to sit and hear his sto-ries. He taught me a great deal.”

What goes around surely does come around and in years that followed, I would sometimes sit in the historic antebellum house from where he did much of his lawyering and hear his stories, eager to grab bits and pieces of his wisdom to call mine.

He once defended a member of the Dixie Ma-fia. He won a major lawsuit

against a big tire company. He represented the child of an old-time moonshiner, who paid him with a rum-pled paper bag of cash and a quart of ’shine. He won the freedom of a once-re-vered college football hero accused of murder. His victories are too numerous to recount.

Of all the wisdom he has graciously imparted to me, there is one that resounds repeatedly. His country cli-ents, he said, would always say, “I’ll be there if nothin’ don’t happen.”

“They meant to keep their word,” he said, “but they were humble enough to realize that they couldn’t make certain plans be-cause something outside of their control might hap-pen.”

Arrogance makes us think that we’re in charge of our plans. Tribulations show us differently. That’s a piece of wisdom from my people by way of a Califor-nian.

Ronda Rich is the best-selling author of several books. Sign up for her news-letter at www.rondarich.com. Her column appears weekly.

In one of my favorite Merle Haggard songs, “Okie From Muskogee,” Haggard writes about the local col-lege saying “Football’s still the roughest thing on cam-pus and the kids there still respect the college dean.”

Herbert Robinson was the first dean of what was then Gainesville Junior College. They didn’t have football, but I am quite confident the kids truly respected the col-lege dean.

Well, they’re not exactly kids anymore. The first stu-dents at Gainesville Junior are now in their 60s. A good number of them drove over to Daw-sonville a few days ago to pay their re-spects to Robinson, who passed away at the age of 95.

Just a couple of years after he re-turned from service in the U.S. Navy during World War II, he was appointed princi-pal of Dawson County High School, a post he held for the next 18 years.

He started as the teacher and principal of the one-room Amicalola School in 1935. He knew what an education could mean and wanted the same for the children of this poor, rural county.

For more than 70 years, he taught a Sunday school class that bears his name. Think about it; when the class was formed, FDR was president and electricity was new to Dawson County.

In my work as a reporter, Robinson became a great source of verification of facts. His mind was razor-sharp and he had an ency-clopedic knowledge of the history of our region.

He had a melodic bari-tone voice with a Southern lilt to it. Hearing him speak was like listening to music.

“Hello Bubba,” he would say whenever I called, re-ferring to my radio moniker of years earlier.

I would often present him with a scenario from yester-year and ask him to help me verify its validity.

“Well,” he would often say, “you’re very close.”

Then he would launch into a story -- the correct version.

From time to time, I would call him seeking a comment on an obituary story. One of my favorites involved George Dunagan, the father of Georgia’s first

lady, Sandra Duna-gan Deal.

After a fire de-stroyed one of the school buildings in Dawsonville in the 1960s, George Dun-agan taught classes for the remainder of the year in a school bus parked on the site.

Robinson said Dunagan never complained about the makeshift classroom in the aftermath of the fire.

“He just did his duty,” Robinson said.

But he had a way of telling the story that I could visual-ize the school bus turned classroom and it made me respect both the teacher and the man who shared the story.

Robinson used his gifts of thoughtful words and learn-ing to open the eyes of stu-dents in a community where a high school education was a rarity at the time. His work at Gainesville Junior College brought the once un-reachable goal of a college education to an even wider group of students.

One of his sons told me that in his final days in the hospital, he asked for a copy of The Times to read my column. His wife said he seldom missed my Sunday column. That’s high praise.

Besides a Sunday school class, Herbert Robinson has an elementary school and a room at Lanier Technical College’s Dawsonville cam-pus named for him. That’s praise well deserved.

Harris Blackwood is a Gainesville resident whose columns appear weekly.

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Every August for the last decade or so, I have joined two groups of long-time friends for a preseason football fiesta.

We call it “The Draft.” I participate in one in the Athens-Atlanta area, and one in South Georgia. Here’s the way it works: We “draft” college and pro football teams based on what we think their regular season records will be. The drafter with the best over-all record at the end of the season wins.

In 2003, I had a banner year drafting, winning both drafts for the first time in my drafting history. Since then, I have won thrice more, including last year in the North Georgia one.

Currently, I am in the midst of preparing for another “drafting season.” In discussing our plans for the annual event, a fellow drafter offered a query: “What tips can you give me?”

Full of myself (who else would I be full of?), I was more than willing to hal-lucinate.

“The real secret is this,” I said, easing in, telling him in a whisper so no one else could hear my classified winning formula. “You have to look closely at their schedule and go game-by-

game.”He gave me a puzzled

look.“What do you mean?”I then explained the

method to my mystic mad-ness, using Georgia’s up-coming 2012 schedule as an example.

“Georgia opens at home on Sept. 1 against Buffalo. Their nickname is the Bulls. Bulls are notoriously slow and lazy. They won’t be able to keep up with Georgia’s speed. That’s an easy win.

“Georgia plays at the Missouri Tigers on Sept. 8. Usually, a tiger can eat a dog, but you have to re-member that bulldogs are smarter than tigers. I’m figuring the Bulldogs find a way to outsmart the Tigers this year.

“Georgia hosts Florida Atlantic on Sept. 15. Two things I found out in re-searching this game: 1. Florida Atlantic has a football team; and B. They are the Owls. Yes, the Owls. Bulldogs love to eat owls, as

you know from the Bible. Easy win.

“Vanderbilt at home, Sept. 22. Vanderbilt is the Commodores. A commo-dore is apparently a fancy guy that wears a silly hat. Georgia is 4-0 at this point.

“Tennessee, in Athens, on Sept. 29. Tennessee’s mascot is a hound dog. For the most part, and espe-cially lately, bulldogs are way more aggressive than hound dogs. Bulldogs win again.

“At South Carolina, Oct. 6. South Carolina’s mascot is a chicken. Dogs love to eat chicken. So do I, for what it’s worth.

“At Kentucky on Oct. 20. Dogs beat cats every time.

“Florida in Jacksonville, Oct. 27. Gators are capable of eating bulldogs, and have consistently in recent years. But you have to remember: Bulldogs are smart. They’ve figured out that all you have to do to shut up a Gator is hold their snout. That’s their weak-ness.

“Ole Miss for Homecom-ing, Nov. 3. Ole Miss’ mas-cot is an old man, who is apparently aging very rap-idly. Another win. Dawgs are 9-0.

“At Auburn on Nov. 10. Auburn doesn’t even know what their nickname is.

Sometimes they’re the Tigers, then they’re the War Eagles, or Plainsmen or Buck-Toothed Yokels. Doesn’t matter – dogs are smarter than any of their mascots, or fans for that matter.

“Hosting Georgia South-ern on Nov. 17. See, Geor-gia Southern has no chance because they are the Eagles. An eagle can’t beat a bulldog because a bulldog is too heavy to carry off.

“Regular season ends Nov. 24 against Georgia Tech in Athens. No way a yellow jacket can beat a bulldog. They need to go back to that Ramblin’ Wreck nickname. Then, they might stand a chance. See, a car can run over a dog.”

I concluded with the fol-lowing: “So, Georgia will go 12-0 in the regular season. Can’t tell you if they’ll win the national championship because I don’t know who they play. Better hope it’s not the California Bears.”

My fellow drafter looked puzzled. “Why? Is Califor-nia supposed to be good this year?”

“Don’t know,” I an-swered. “But a bear will eat a bulldog.”

Len Robbins is editor and publisher of the Clinch County News in Homerville.

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The Paper | Thursday, August 2, 2012 7ASchools

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Located on the newly designed Highway 124, designated Lewis Braselton Boulevard, half a mile north of Highway 53 in the Town of Braselton, is a sparkling new campus.

Though the property had become the source of dreams for many aspiring entrepre-neurs, it was purchased in May of this year by a local couple, Steve and Pat Payne, who couldn’t bear to see the facility deteriorate any further. Based upon their expertise in the field of early childhood development, the couple began the arduous process of opening Braselton Prep.

Yet the campus, consisting of a state-of-the-art early childhood facility, a school facility, gymnasium, multiple playgrounds, and even a saltwater swimming pool, offered more square footage than could possibly be utilized by a single entity.

At the suggestion of a mutual acquaintance, local Realtor Larry Beck, the headmaster of Westbrook Academy Preparatory School, Reverend Gene Head, met with the Paynes and quickly found a new home for his school . . . and new friends.

This past weekend the two schools held their first open house and old fashioned ice cream social. Many families from the com-munity toured the campus. At times, all park-ing spaces were filled.

The 2012-13 academic session begins Mon-day, Aug. 6, for Westbrook Academy, serv-ing students Kindergarten through Middle School. Braselton Prep should open within the week serving children 6 weeks through 5 years. A before- and after-school program is available with transportation provided. Personal tours are available from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Head said, “Together, the schools strive to

become the trusted family resource for those who value the high standard of excellence within our extended community.”

The Paynes and Head agree on the import of a coordinated strategy.

“High educational requirements for our faculty and staff ensure the finest accredita-tion, certifications and licensing . . . but exten-sive experience coupled with deep passion – shape our success. How do learners today become tomorrow’s leaders? It all begins with leadership,” says Head.

The common goal of the schools is to be a catalyst for “life-long learning” within the heart of every child and adult encountered. Through the careful, systemic development of critical thinking and an accurate world-view, to enable each generation of students to demonstrate not only knowledge, but the wisdom necessary to effect positive change – yet through a heart of compassion.

Head said, “The ‘preparatory’ nature of our various programs is designed to encour-age educational excellence at every level of learning. Thus producing a highly motivated future workforce within our own growing community as doctors, scientists, educators, judges, politicians, journalists, business lead-ers, writers, artists, etc.”

Westbrook Family Worship Centre held its first service in the gymnasium on Sunday, July 29, where Head, who is known as Pastor Head, told his congregation he feels a divine connection with those who laid the founda-tion stones of this property. Services will be held each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Everyone is welcome.

For further information, contact The West-brook Centre at 706-658-4243 or visit www.thewestbrookcentre.net. You can contact Braselton Prep at 706-824-0050 or visit www.braseltonprep.com

Open house hosted by Braselton Prep and Westbrook Academy

Debbie Purvis The PaperBraselton Prep, which will serve ages 6 weeks to age 12, is welcoming students at its Lewis Braselton Boulevard location. The campus is also home to Westbrook Family Worship Centre and Westbrook Academy.

Debbie Purvis The PaperBraselton Prep offered inflatables, ice cream, tours and other fun during Satur-day’s open house. Greeting visitors was Steven Payne, Richard Kane, Pat Payne, Laura Maddox, Candice Pruitt, Staci Symons and Kathy Wiley.

For The PaperThere was some added excitement just after mid-afternoon Saturday as the crowd of most of the open house visitors had left. The electrical transformer on the pole next to the Braselton Prep and Westbrook Centre building decided to blow up, said Steven Payne. “It was pretty exciting for a good little bit,” he said. “Thank good-ness for our West Jackson Fire and Jackson EMC electrical utility folks. They had us back in power around midnight.” The fire report from West Jackson’s response is on Page 3A.

Jackson County Schools are welcoming families for open house events today.

All elementary schools will host open house events from 4-6 p.m. while middle schools will have open house hours from 5-7 p.m. Jack-son County Comprehensive High School and East Jack-son County High School will host open house events from 6-8 p.m.

Today is another teacher work day and Aug. 1 was also a teacher work day as the staff readies for the first day of class on Monday, Aug. 6. Check www.jackson.k12.ga. us for information on school start times and more includ-

ing details about transporta-tion and school nutrition.

Dr. John Green is now serving as Superintendent of the Jackson County School System. He will be presented to the community during a meet-and-greet to be held from 3-5 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 12, at West Jackson Pri-mary School.

“Thank you for the op-portunity to be part of the Jackson County School Sys-tem,” said Dr. Green. “We are excited about the up-coming school year and the future learning experiences that our students and teach-ers will create. Significant preparation is under way as

we strive to maximize our efforts and resources for the benefit of our children.”

One of the efforts under way is the restructuring of the Central Office staff.

“Our potential for excel-lence far outweighs the challenges that we face. We will, however, take steps to improve levels of leader-ship, teacher quality and fund management,” said Dr. Green.

Jackson County Schools open houses are today

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8A The Paper | Thursday, August 2, 2012 Events

Downtown Jefferson holds a Farmers Market every Saturday through September, 7-10 a.m. Come early for the best selection. Vendors have vegetables, plants, baked goods and other homemade items. For information call 706-367-5714.

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Creative Classes for Kids are offered at the Hoschton Heritage Arts Center one Saturday each month through December for children 7-12 years old. The classes are limited to 10 participants. Remaining classes include Repur-posed Junk Art, Aug. 18, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; Award Winning Scarecrows, offered Aug. 23 at two times, 2-4 p.m. or 6-8 p.m., and Aug. 30, 2-4 p.m., Halloween Piña-tas, Sept. 15, 9 a.m.-1 p., Pumpkin Carving 101, Oct. 27, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Fall Leaf Art, Nov. 17, noon-4 p.m., and Christmas Gifts & Ornaments, Dec. 15, 9 am.-1 p.m. Each class is $25 per participant and includes supplies. A Christmas Party will also be on Dec. 15, 2-4 p.m., for the kids that took classes and their families. Cookies and milk will be provided to celebrate the end of the 2012 Creative Classes for Kids. Photos of classes and the projects will be on display.

Parents should call 770-241-1460 or 706-654-2693 Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.or e-mail [email protected] to register a child. All kids must pre-register. For more information visit www.hoschtonher-itageartscouncil.com.

s s s Discover Jackson

County Gems program that is a combined tour

of the Crawford Long Museum and Shields-Ethridge Heritage Farm. The Aug. 9 guided tour of the historic farm will held from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and includes fam-ily stories and viewing historic documents. The afternoon is spent at the museum 1-3 p.m. and participants will plant an herbal rem-edy pot to take home, complete with tea recipe for headaches or sore throats. Youth groups are welcome to bring sack lunches; senior citizen groups have the option to include a catered lunch in the tour fee. Reservations are required in advance and groups must provide transportation between venues.

Price per student is $12; seniors is $22 with learning activity at the Museum and $20 without learning activity. Contact the museum at 706-367-5307.

s s s Braselton’s Movie

in the Park, featuring “Mirror, Mirror,” has been rescheduled for Aug. 3. It was cancelled from its July date due to inclem-ent weather. Movie be-gins at dusk and is free. For more information, visit www.braselton.net.

s s s “What’s in your back-

yard?” classes at the Elachee Nature Science Center on Saturday, Aug. 4, are “Pollinators and their Habitats – The Importance of Bees” at 9 a.m. and “Na-tive Wildflowers in our Backyards” at 11 a.m. A pocket wildflower guide will be given out to par-ticipants. Sponsored in conjunction with the UGA Cooperative Extension – Hall County and the Elachee Nature Science Center. Cost is $15.

Register at www.elachee.org or through the Hall County Extension office at [email protected] or call 770-535-8293. Sign up will also be at the door the day of the event.

s s s Two local non-profit or-

ganizations, the Oconee River Land Trust and the Athens Land Trust, are partnering with the State Botanical Garden in Athens to present “Spirit of the Land: Small Scale Images of the Georgia Landscape,” an art exhibition and sale that celebrates the beauty of land and supports its protection. Proceeds from the sale of artwork will support the artists and the work of the Land Trust Organizations. The show and sale runs Aug. 5-Sept. 9 in the Con-servatory Visitor Center Gallery. It is free and open to the public. Call Susan at 706-542-6130 for more information.

s s s New mentoring train-

ing sessions for Lind-say’s Legacy mentors will be held Wednesday, Aug. 9, 9-10:15 a.m. at the Jackson County Chamber and Wednes-day, Aug. 22, 9-10:15 a.m. at Jackson EMC. RSVP for training at www.lindsayslegacy-mentoring.org. For more information contact Lisa at [email protected] or 706-410-5525.

s s s The Hoschton Heritage

Arts Council will pres-ent Concerts from the Veranda on Aug. 11 with the Nearly Brothers. The concert will be held on the veranda of the Arts Centers at 74 White St. behind Hoschton City Hall from 8 -10 p.m. At-tendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets. Concerts are

free to the public; food and drinks will be sold by the HHAC to cover the cost. Sponsors for the series are being sought. Visit www.hoschtonher-itageartscouncil.com or e-mail [email protected] for more informa-tion.

s s s A Classic Car and Mo-

torcycle Memorial Ride will be held Saturday, Aug. 11, to raise money for the Griffin and Jake Prince memorial fund. The boys were killed in a July boating accident on Lake Lanier.Registration will be held the morning of the ride 9-11 a.m. at the Lumpkin County Courthouse. Cost is $40 per bike/old car. A pre-ride meeting is at 11 a.m.; kickstands up at 11:15 a.m. The ride is approximately 70 miles. Rain date is Saturday, Sept. 1. For more infor-mation contact Event Organizer Lt. Doug Boyle of the Dawson County Sheriff’s Office at [email protected], 770-324-1015.

s s s The Gwinnett County

Chapter of Ducks Unlimited, a non-profit organization for wetland and habitat conserva-tion, is holding a wine paring event on Monday, Aug. 13, 6:30 p.m. at the Houndstooth Res-taurant in Braselton off of Hwy. 211. The event will teach how to pair the perfect wine with your favorite foods and will feature six Empire wines, a silent auction and door prizes. Cost is $50 per person and includes a DU commemorative wine glass; seating is limited. Contributions are tax deductible. Tickets are available on-line at: www.ducks.org/georgia/ or by calling Danny Strickland at 770-539-0862.

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The next regularly scheduled meeting of the East Georgia Genealogical Society is Aug. 14. For information e-mail [email protected].

s s s The Humane Society

of Jackson County will hold its quarterly com-munity meeting on Tues-day, Aug. 14, at 7 p.m. It is free and the public is encouraged to attend. It will be held at the Nicholson Community Center and the program is “Ask the Experts” Part 2 featuring a veterinar-ian, groomer, trainer and chiropractor. Also learn more about progress on the land acquisition and facility design. Call 706-367-1111 or visit www.hsjc.com.

s s s The Hoschton Heri-

tage Arts Center is offering an Introduction to Beading class on Aug. 15 and 22, 6:30-8:30 p.m. The class costs $40 for HHAC members and $60 for nonmem-bers. The $20 supply fee should be paid the first night of the class and in-cludes wire, needles and beads. Participants must pre-register. For more information visit www.ho-schtonheritageartscoun-cil.com.

s s s Barrow County Emer-

gency Services is again offering the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) course Aug. 16-Oct. 4, every Thursday 7-9 p.m. The course will be held at Barrow County Emer-gency Services at 222 Pleasant Hill Church Rd. NE, Winder. Following the course, students will participate in a class exercise where they will use their newly learned skills in a simulated disaster. The instructors will be members of local

public safety agencies.The course is open

to all Barrow County residents 18 years of age or older. To register or for more information, contact Penny Clack at 770-307-2987 or [email protected].

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The Braselton Visitor’s Bureau is the Presenting Sponsor for this year’s Braselton Rotary Club-sponsored Run the Vine-yard 2012, which will be held Saturday, Aug. 18, at 7:30 a.m. A Fun Run will be held after the 5K. For information visit http://runthevineyard.com.

s s s The Miss Hoschton

Pageant will be held Saturday, Aug. 18, at New Community Church in Hoschton. Practice will be held Aug. 17, 6:30-8 p.m. A new award has been added, the Armed Forces Family Service Award, for contestants who have close family members in the military. Awards will be given for Most Photogenic, Best Hair, Best Dressed, Best Eyes and Best Smile. Call Nancy at 706-654-1983 or Reneé at 678-442-6499 or e-mail [email protected].

s s s The Georgia Piedmont

Arts Center (GPAC) is preparing to again pres-ent the “Harvest of Art” festival on the lawn at the GPAC art cottage in downtown Auburn on Saturday, Sept. 8. Har-vest of Art will showcase fine art and fine craft ar-tisans. A free children’s art activity, free mini art lessons for adult festival attendees as well as mu-sical entertainment and food are planned. Arti-sans are invited to apply. Applications are at www.georgiapiedmontartscen-ter.com or call Kathleen Gill at 404-202-3044.

COMMUNITY EVENTS

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Athletes fighting the battle against concussions

Gresham Motorsports Park is gearing up for another wild day of racing. On Aug. 11, the Larry Fleeman Me-morial 100- Pro Late Models Race will kick off at 7:30 p.m. Pit passes are $35. Military employees can enjoy a price of $17. Please visit greshammotorsportspark.com for more details on prices, along with other events GMP will be hosting throughout the rest of the sea-son.

lOCal raCINgLarry Fleeman Memorial Pro Late Race

On Aug. 25, the Jackson County Comprehensive High School Touchdown club will be hosting the Wrecks & Effects Car and Bike Show. BBQ chicken dinner plates will be sold for $6 a piece in the school cafeteria. All proceeds will benefit the JCCHS Touchdown Club and the football program. Please e-mail [email protected] for more information including participation fees and awards.

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JCCHS gearing up for football season

Latrice Williams The PaperAssistant Coach Heather Howard and Head Coach Derelle McNemony will be leading their squad dur-ing the season at Panther Stadium. Howard is in her fifth year with the Panthers while McNemony has four years under her belt with the team.

Latrice Williams The PaperMembers of the varsity practice a stunt during a practice held at Gum Springs Elementary School. The varsity practiced along with the junior varsity team and the West Jackson Middle School cheerleaders.

By LATRICE [email protected]

The Jackson County Comprehensive Varsity Cheer-leading squad is dusting off pom poms, tightening rib-bons and sharpening moves for the start of the season.

Assistant Head Coach Heather Howard has been with the Panthers for five years and says the squad’s summer schedule has been filled with plenty of conditioning to keep them on track.

“This summer we have spent a lot of time making sure they continue to keep their strength. They had

weight training two or three days a week, depending on how many they come to, unless they go to tumbling. We’ve had camps throughout the summer and prac-tices as well,” said Howard.

“We always encourage them to run [or] walk. Some of them try to do yoga or workout with their parents,” said How-ard.

Varsity captain Jennifer Swaim says although they had to exercise in the heat, the workouts proved to be beneficial in helping them stay fit.

“We had workouts three times a week. We had to workout from 7-8:30 a.m. We did cross fit training and lower and upper body [workouts]. It kept us in shape. It was really hot,” said Swaim.

Swaim says repetition of cheers helps ensure everyone is familiar with them, and most of them have been around so long that they have become a tradition.

“We do band chants; we go over dif-ferent cheers that have been at the high school for years and years,” Swaim said.

While team members have spent a lot of time focusing on tumbling, endurance and staying in shape, another main com-ponent is their ability to lead the crowd with their chants. Howard said she is hopeful the squad will be able to keep the crowd entertained and is looking forward to hearing their voices resonate throughout the stadium.

“[We] just [want to make] sure that they are prepared to lead the crowd to the best of their ability and knowing that that’s what is most important -- being sharp and being excited to be out there. That is kind of our biggest focus for the season,” said Howard.

“Hopefully their voices will be loud and their motions will be sharp,” How-

ard said.When the cheerleaders are hard at work, the coaches

are busy behind the curtain making sure everything comes together. Howard, along with the rest of the staff, has her hands full with everything from planning trans-portation to gathering the team’s apparel.

“We do a lot of things in getting prepared as far as uni-forms and making sure we know what time to get buses for games. We kind of do all the behind-the-scenes things such as who’s in charge of getting signs, banners and pom poms for the week and ribbons, so there’s lots of behind- the-scene things that we take care of,” Howard said.

The football team isn’t the only one with new begin-nings, as the cheerleaders will unveil their new gear, courtesy of the school’s athletic department.

“They have new uniforms. We get to thank our athletic department for helping us out with some of those,” said Howard.

The South is known for fun-filled nights on the gridiron no matter what level and, although Howard won’t be do-ing any cheers of her own, she is excited to be one of the leaders on the sidelines under the big lights.

“I love Friday nights. Friday night football is awe-some. In the south, everybody shows up,” said Howard. “We have a really big squad this year that we’re really excited about. [We] haven’t had this many before. We’re really looking forward to seeing what they can do as a team and really leading the crowd and being very en-thusiastic.”

By LATRICE [email protected]

In the midst of the growing concern over the safety of foot-ball players is the looming injury that has been a dominant health issue for many years. The rise of concussions and how they affect the brains of athletes have been making headlines and proving to be one of the scariest injuries to experience.

Lance McNamara, athletic trainer for Winder-Barrow High School, defines concussions as “a complex pathophysi-ological process affecting the brain, induced by traumatic bio-mechanical forces. A concussion may be caused either by a direct blow to the head, face, neck or elsewhere on the body with an ‘impulsive’ force transmitted to the head.”

Because concussions have become a serious threat among football players, the rulebook has been changed in an attempt to alleviate and possibly diminish as many concussions as pos-sible. McNamara notes the alterations that have could potentially be beneficial in the long run and the atten-tion concussions have drawn over the past decade.

“Over the past 10 years, the evolution of the concus-sion topic has generated new procedures in the diagnosis and return to play protocols for sport,” said McNamara. “As a result, a closer look has been taken to determine the overall cause resulting in safety changes. Primary changes have occurred in the rules of the sport. In football, the elimination of spearing, changes in kick-off and punt return contact, and the wedge.”

It is reported that millions of high school athletes may suffer from concussions, and the issue has allowed doctors to further examine and determine the effects of this type of head trauma.

“Safety issues concerning concussions have changed dramatically over the last decade. Increased participation in sports and better aware-ness of the diagnosis and significance of a concussion has brought safety issues to the forefront,” said Dr. John Bu-

chanan, Sports Medicine Physician with Northeast Georgia Health System. “The incidence of sports-related concussions is estimated to be 1.6 million to 3.8 million annually. Physi-cians in general now have a better understanding of the diag-nosis and its possible repercussions.

“This has prompted rule changes for sporting events, new guidelines for helping with diagnosis and return to play,” said Dr. Buchanan.

The football helmet has transformed since first introduced in 1896, and are no longer what looked to be a sturdy piece of hard wear without a mouthpiece. In 2010, ESPN.com re-ported a story from the Associated Press that stated, “Hel-mets used in the NFL -- and NCAA or high school football, for that matter -- are supposed to pass a test developed by the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE), a nonprofit corporation. The testing method established in the 1970s remains essentially the same

today. The goal then was to prevent sudden death, skull fractures and brain bleeding in football -- not stop concussions as they are defined now -- and there’s universal agreement that goal has been achieved.”

Helmets became mandatory for collegiate football players in 1939 and National Football League athletes in 1943. Since then the helmet has been transformed with the hopes of becom-ing a more vital piece of protective head gear, but there is no certainty that the helmet will prevent head injuries.

“I have been a Certified Athletic Trainer for 25 years and I have seen many changes and evolu-tion of athletic equipment. The football helmet was originally designed to prevent skull fracture and that is the case for today as well,” said Mc-Namara. “The skull is round to deflect force; however, when blunt blows occur to the head, the brain continues to move as in most cases a concus-sion occurs.

“Helmet technology has changed dramatically over the years. Changes in the outer shell com-posites, inner air and padding suspensions, face mask absorption as well as chin strap application and player education have all assisted in the pre-vention of concussions,” McNamara said.

Although concussions seem to be one of the most studied health topics in the sports realm, the study of helmets are not receiving as much attention.

“Helmet choice continues to be a debated topic. Medical studies are lacking,” Dr. Buchanan said. “No particular helmet can prevent a concussion, but I think the newer technologies have helped reduce the risk of concussion

compared to the older model helmets. “A study out of Virginia Tech School of Engineering has

helped rate adult football helmets for reducing concussion risk. There is a 5-star rating to 1-star rating and one particular

helmet was not recommended at all,” said Dr. Buchanan.

Research conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that there was a 60-percent increase in the amount of trips to the emergency room among children with brain injuries. Lynn Zinser wrote that according to studies by the CDCP, football, soccer, basketball, and play-ground activities and soccer are most likely to lead to the injury.

“It is important to note the differ-ence between the adult and pediatric brain in that their brains are still devel-

oping and require special attention/different approach with longer asymptomatic periods before returning to play,” said Dr. Buchanan.

While football is most known for delivering the hardest blows to the head, McNamara says it is not the only sport that an athlete can experience a head injury. In a study con-ducted by The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, research found that “cheerleading is responsible for half of the catastrophic injuries and 70 percent of the head injuries in women’s sports.”

McNamara agrees. “Football is not the only sport that has a high incidence of concussions. One women’s sport that has a high volume of concussions is com-petitive cheerleading. A concussion can result just from a fall at the height of the individual, i.e. 4 feet. The high volume and complexity of stunting within the sport requires high flying and catching of the student athlete,” said McNamara.

“Flyers are being tossed 20 to 30 feet in the air and they must be caught by the spotting bases. Many times the flyers are twisting as they are flying; therefore, the bases receive blows from the flyers and have resulted in concussions and injury. Then again, the result of injury if the flyer is not caught significant injury can occur,” said McNamara.

“Concussions are not sport specific; they can result in ev-ery aspect of sport,” said McNamara. “The most important thing to know about concussions is their mechanisms of oc-currence, recognition of the signs and symptoms and prompt diagnosis and treatment.”

McNamara

Buchanan

On Aug. 11, the 30th annual Summer’s End Road Race will be hosted in downtown Winder. The begin-ning and ending location will be at the Old Train De-pot. Aug. 8 at 11:50 p.m. is the deadline to register. The day will be filled with three events: a one-mile run at 7:30, a 5K run at 8 a.m., and a 10K run at 8:45. Check out active.com for a complete list of prices for various participants.

John Kelley Regional staffWinder-Barrow High School recently replaced 33 outdated helmets at a cost of $179 each with a safer mod-el. Helmets should be no older than 10 years old to protect athletes.

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Online: Visit ClickThePaper.com for up-to-date coverage of area high school football and softball games.

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JHS Dragons rebuild during summer workoutsBy LATRICE [email protected]

With only a few weeks away from the first matchup of the year, the Jefferson High School Dragon Football team has been hitting the gridiron tirelessly in hopes of be-ing one of the top competitors on their opponent’s schedule.

The Dragons are going through a rebuilding stage, but is confident they will be ready to compete with-out some of their key players from a year ago.

“This year we are really young. Experience [is key]. If everybody gives 100 percent every play and goes hard, we’ll be very success-ful this year,” said strongside linebacker Wesley Simonton. Strongside linebackers are often nicknamed “Sam” for purposes of calling a blitz.

Linebackers Coach Todd Sam-ples concurred that with plenty of new faces, there are a bunch of guys in the process of learning new formats. Work is under way to put the finishing touches on a young team.

“We got a lot of new people on defense…a lot of new position players. They have a lot of work to do. They have to learn all the

schemes. We’ve got the same prob-lem on offense,” said Samples.

“Right now, we are doing a lot of weightlifting. We’re just trying to make sure that we put in the

offensive schemes and the de-fensive schemes. We just want to make sure they know what they are doing so that next week when they get into pads, we can actu-

ally do some scrimmaging,” said Samples.

Simonton said the squad has been heavily involved and has been contributing greatly to the

success of their workout routines.“We’ve been doing a lot of agility

work and lifting. Everybody has been great in participating. We’ve had 60- plus at every workout. Ev-erybody has been working hard and we are planning on having a great season,” said Simonton.

As the whole crew works to-gether, the relationship among players is strengthened, allowing everyone to practice in a team-ori-ented environment.

“It’s a whole team bond. We all work well together. That’s what makes us a great team. We all bond together,” said Simonton.

Samples said he was pleased with the number of Dragons show-ing up for summer workouts, and was satisfied with all the effort ev-eryone has put in.

“We’ve had a really good sum-mer workout. A lot of kids showed up,” said Samples. “I just think the team as a group did a really good job this summer in really dedicat-ing themselves for being success-ful for when the season starts.

“They’ve really worked hard this summer in getting ready to ac-tually start practicing. Now we’re just trying to get them ready to play a little football,” said Samples.

Latrice Williams The PaperA runningback for JHS looks for a gap between his offensive lineman while the offensive and de-fensive lines go head-to-head in a blocking match up at the practice field.

Hawks looking for consecutive trip to state finals By LATRICE [email protected]

After finishing last season as the state runner-up, the Mill Creek High School Cross Country team is looking to make a consecutive ap-pearance in the state finals.

Head Coach Andrew Christie, who is in his 13th year at the helm, is bringing some experience and talent back to the pavement this season. Although the Hawks will be flying without some of their top runners from last season, mem-bers of the junior varsity squad, which finished second in the re-gion last season, will add their tal-ent to the varsity squad.

“We feel like we have some depth this year. We lost four of our top seven from last year but get Matt Tippins, who was a var-sity caliber runner but had to run JV because he was a permissive transfer,” said Christie. “We also

get several runners from our JV, which was region runner-up, so we feel good about who we have this year.”

This year’s schedule is filled with top-notch competitors that will test the team’s ability to compete against the best of the best. Christie has already examined their matchups and recog-nizes the challenges his team face throughout the season.

“Our toughest com-petition will once again mostly be within Gwin-nett and our region,” he said. “Brookwood is always tough and, then in our region, we’ll again have to contend with Norcross, Peachtree Ridge and Collins Hill. Other teams in the state that will be strong are Walton, Marietta and Kennesaw Mountain. We’ll

see these teams throughout the season, so we’ll be battle-tested be-fore the region and state meets.”

The junior varsity team also saw success last season by placing second in the region. Christie has a small unit of up-and-coming fresh-men and is looking for-ward to seeing a strong but young team of run-ners to replace the ones that will be moving up to the varsity squad. While the majority of the new-comers will compete at the JV level, Christie

says there is one in particular who may have a shot to make the var-sity roster.

“We have around eight to 10 incoming freshmen. Ninety-nine percent of them will be JV, which is to be expected. However, Jona-than Westog looks like he could be

a contender for varsity, so I’m re-ally excited about his potential,” said Christie.

Rising junior Eric Westog says even though they lost some of their best runners, the added tal-ent coming to the squad this year should help them make it as far as they did last season, or go even further.

“First and foremost, [we’re] just trying to repeat the great season we had last year. [Last season] as

a team, [we] won the region and finished second in the state for varsity so we’d like to replicate or even do better. We lost a few seniors last year but we are defi-nitely looking to bring up some new guys [and] use the potential we had last year to have a great season,” said Eric Westog.

The season begins in a couple of weeks, and many Hawks have

Some of these guys started training back in April for the season, so to finally start racing allows them to hopefully see all the hard work pay off.”

Andy Christie Mill Creek High School Cross Country Coach

Christie

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On Saturday, July 21, Avid Bookshop in Athens had a very exciting author visit and book signing for children. Kacy Al-len Tedder of Hoschton is a passionate writer who entranced her audience with

her sweet, loving demeanor.

Ever since she was a little girl, Kacy has always dreamed about be-ing an author. Writ-ing was and always has been comfort-ing for her, espe-cially during trying and stressful times in her life such as adolescence, young adulthood, high school and college.

She wanted to create stories that would keep her audience glued to the pages, but realized that this was not her best work. There was something else big-ger, better and more profound that she needed to discover on her own.

Along with writing, Kacy has always had a love for animals. Not just any animals, but the poor, neglected and abused cats and dogs who struggle and fight for their innocent lives. She was always the one to rescue starving dogs from the streets and filthy cats from the dumpsters. She has learned a lot while volunteering at an animal shelter and eventually realized that her love for these poor creatures would help her make a difference.

Kacy’s love for writing and animals has collided into something beautiful. “My writing seemed to come so much more easily because it had a purpose; I had a story to tell. I needed to

be a voice for thousands of abandoned, abused and neglected animals,” Kacy explains.

The purpose of her writing is to raise awareness about the squalor in which some animals live. We can come to-gether as people to rescue and give them the lives they deserve.

At the visit on the 21st, Kacy presented her truly heartwarming story, “Fly, Sally, Fly!” which will tug at anyone’s heartstrings, not just animal lovers. The story is about an abused and neglected mother pitbull who finally understands what trust and friendship from humans is. She flies across the country to a new, loving home all because of good deeds from people who care. Kacy truly wants everyone to realize how badly some animals are treated and how wonderful it is when even just one is saved. Anyone can do it!

Kacy hopes to touch the hearts of others with these author visits. Many people are simply unaware of how many animals live in horrendous conditions. The more people who stand up and take action, more animals will be saved!

Kacy and husband, Josh, have two sons Josiah and Asher, and pit bull mix, Brian. A former classroom teacher and current school library media specialist at Clarke Central High School in Athens, Kacy has spent all of her life surrounded by books and educating young people.

Growing up in rural South Georgia, her love for animals began at an early age. Through volunteer work with dog rescue, Kacy has been able to fulfill a life-long dream of helping abused, abandoned and neglected animals, ex-periencing memorable and endearing moments that can be shared with others.

Farah Bohannon is a freelance writer living in Winder. She loves to utilize her writing and marketing skills with inspir-ing stories. Reach her at [email protected]

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When I lived closer to Atlanta, I made it to the theater at least once a year, most often to see “The Nutcracker,” which was always performed by some pro-fessional traveling group. In addi-tion, I married into a family with relatives in Germany, so I had the great fortune to go to the theater in Berlin, as well.

As thankful as I am for those opportunities, none of them com-pares to the magical delight of the Jefferson Community Theatre’s production of “The Wizard of Oz” in late July.

What an amazing experience! The cast was fantastic, the scen-ery and props were great, the organ player was magnificent and the energy and cama-raderie of the cast were engaging.

The play took place at Jefferson High School’s William Duncan Martin Perform-ing Arts Center, a great setting for a local play. I saw it on Friday night, which fea-tured the “Ruby Cast.”

To digress a moment, the fact that they had two casts was an amazing feat in and of itself – amazing in that we have that much local talent, and amazing that an all-volun-teer group pulled off the orchestration of all those people!

Back to the cast that performed the night I attended: Paige Smart played a touch-ing, very believable Dorothy. Her angelic voice kept the audience captivated. Sloane

Thompson as Gulch, the Wicked Witch of the West, was awesome. She would have stolen the show except for Toto, played by 5-year-old Jacob Oesterle. Adorable, be-lieveable, funny…words just can’t describe the impact Jacob/Toto made on me and the entire crowd. And how many 5-year-olds can be on the stage for the most part of a two-and-a-half-hour show and do it well? If I could just hear him say “woof, woof” one more time…

As much as these individuals lent to the success of the show, all of the different parts combined to create the overall incredible experience. The munchkins were just cute, cute, cute. The dancers and singers were fantastic, too, as was the creativity behind these groups – three girls performed the tor-nados that carried Dorothy off to the Land

of Oz, others were the pop-pies that put Dorothy, Toto and the rest of their crew to sleep in the field; four others played the snow-flakes that woke them up.

Truly a tremendous per-formance by all.

More than 60 children and adults comprised the cast and crew, and while some of them wore several hats, such as Savannah Short, who played an Em-erald Citizen, a Jitterbug and a Snowflake, and John Aquino, who played Hunk/the Scarecrow as well as serving on the set crew, that is still a lot of people and local talent.

Co-director Jay Holl, who has been in-volved with Jefferson Community Theatre just about since the beginning, says he hopes the summer family musical will become a tradition for their group. With the wonderful performance they gave this summer, I sus-pect the community will demand it.

My daddy put it best when he called me the next day. He said the play made such a big impression on him that the magical feel-ing from the night before was still with him and the first thought he had when he woke up.

The next performance by Jefferson Com-munity Theatre is set for Oct. 19-20, which will be the dinner theater performance “Room With a Clue” at the Jefferson Civic Center. Visit www.mainstreetjefferson.com.

Welcome to the wonderful world of Jefferson Community Theater

Roxane Rose posed with Sloane Thompson who portrayed the Wick-ed Witch and with Brittany odom who played Glinda in the Jefferson Community Theatre’s production of “The Wizard of oz.”

Volunteers ready turtles for Aug. 11

LeAnne Akin The PaperCandace Crook, lower right, was among the volunteers cleaning up 10,000 turtles to get their numbers for their upcoming “trek” across Crow’s lake on Aug. 11. A team of volunteers, in-cluding Junior RoTC cadets, convened in the youth center at the First United methodist Church in Winder on monday to put a number on the turtle’s bottom. The top 10 turtles will win prizes for their “adoptive parent.” Twelve-year-old Christopher Segars, lower right, and mr. and mrs. Tom Crow of Crow’s lake also joined in on the tagging party fun. Crook is coordinating the musical and other fun entertainment for the day’s activities at Crow’s lake. See more about Turtle Trek and who to adopt your turtles on Page 4B.

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PETS OF THE WEEKThis is Charlie. He may be 10 or

11 months old, and is good with other animals and kids. He is red-dish with white paws and white on the nose. He is heartworm free, in the process of getting up-to-date on all vaccinations (as of April 20), and is neutered. If interested, please fill out an application on www.hsjc.com so we can learn a bit more about you. The adoption fee is $150 and includes up-to-date vaccinations, microchip and neutering.

Shade, 12 weeks, up to date on all shots and is ready for a furrrrever home. If interested, please fill out an application on www.hsjc.com so we can learn a bit more about you. The adoption fee is $100 and includes up-to-date vaccinations,

microchip and spay.

The Humane Society of Jackson County

The Humane Society of Northeast Georgia is offer-ing a spay/neuter surgery special during the month of August: Snip More, Save More. Pet owners bringing in one pet for surgery will receive $5 off the surgery fee total or a free rabies vaccine ($10 value); two pets will receive $15 off the surgery fee total or two free rabies vaccines ($20 value); and three pets will receive $25 off the surgery fee total or three rabies vaccines ($30 value).

The regular fees for sur-gery are $60 for male/fe-

male cats and male/female dogs under 70 pounds; $80 for male/female dogs over 70 pounds. HSNEGA also of-fers low-cost vaccinations, heartworm testing, and other services at the time of surgery for an additional cost.

Appointments for the Snip More, Save More sur-gery special are available

on a first-come basis by calling HSNEGA at 770-532-6617; multiple pets coming in for surgery from an in-dividual owner must have surgery on the same day. Any pet owner can make an appointment for the special with no residency restric-tions; however, other re-strictions may apply for the surgery special.

Spay/neuter surgery specials being offered

By LEANNE [email protected]

Thousands of green rubber turtles were getting the V.I.P. treatment Monday evening as volunteers polished them up for their next special ap-pearance.

The tiny turtles – wearing different colored vests – will be teaming up with The Tree House, the children’s advo-cacy center that serves Jack-son, Barrow and Banks coun-ties for the seventh annual Turbo Turtle Trek at Crow’s Lake on Saturday, Aug. 11.

Candace Crook, who will be joined as emcee by singer Jonathon Jackson of Oak-wood, is excited about the entertainment lineup she has put together for the occasion. She has even included an op-portunity for you to take the stage as a performer as well.

“The entertainment for this year’s event is going to be spectacular,” said Crook. “The community has so many talented people that are willing to come out and share those talents.

“We are also hoping for a few more local entertain-ers,” said Crook, who also promises a chance for young performers to show off their talents.

“Throughout the day we will be having kids dance time at the stage area to try to get crowd participation – maybe even a little dance competition,” said Crook.

“We will also be interview-ing the children and par-ents about the event. And of course, we will be giving a play-by-play of the race at 1 p.m. with race winners an-nounced soon after.”

Sponsors are making the event possible, and some are providing the great prizes which will be awarded to individuals who “adopt” the top 10 turtles.

Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze level sponsors are participating.

“I am thrilled to be a part of such an event that has be-come one that marks the end of summer for local commu-nities,” said Crook.

“Our goal is for the com-munity to enjoy the food, kids activities, but also the entertainment. The enter-tainment needs to target all ages and get the crowd in-volved .. and that is exactly what we intended to do this year,” said Crook.

“Being a part of Turtle Trek allows me to give back a little to the community in which I live, and I know that every dollar that is raised goes directly to help a child,” said Crook.

Adopt online at www.raceaturtle.com. For more information on the Turbo Turtle Trek or The Tree House, call 770-868-1900 or visit www.thetreehouseinc.org.

Single turtles can be ad-opted for $5, giving you a chance to win the top prize

of $2,000 if your turtle is the first in to the chute.

A Snap Pack of six turtles is $25; a Snapper’s Dozen is $50; and a Herd of Turtles gets you 25 adoptions for $100.

You can also purchase turtle adoptions at Com-munity Bank & Trust, First American Bank & Trust, Verity Bank, Community & Southern Bank, Mountain Valley Community Bank, Newell Orthodontics, Akins Ford, Stansell & Petree, Bar-row Regional Medical Cen-ter, Certus Bank and Classic Hair Salon.

“Turtle Trek is such an important fundraiser for The Tree House, and I am honored to be a part of such an important event,” said Crook.

What your adoption providesA $10 turtle adoption will pay for play therapy

supplies for one child.A $25 Snap Pack Adoption will purchase a par-

enting curriculum for one family.A $50 Snappers Dozen Adoption will pay for one

therapy session for a victim of child abuse.A $100 Herd of Turtles Adoption pays for 5 home

visits to families providing hands-on parent educa-tion.

$200 pays for one forensic interview of a sus-pected victim of abuse

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Turtle Trek features a line-up of entertainment and you can even join in

10 a.m. – Boys & Girls Club of Jackson County will perform a stomp dance

10:30 a.m. – Local singer Amy Bullock will perform

11 a.m. – Performance by Commerce School of Dance

11:30 a.m. – Perfor-mance by singer Jona-than Jackson.

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Dear Margo: My sister, “Jane,” is on the manic side. She is given to great enthu-siasms (which fade) and often takes on more projects than she can manage. She does not work, but she is the uber-volunteer. She is one of those people of whom it is often said, “She means well...”

To cut to the chase, Jane volunteered me — without asking, of course — to head a committee at our church and to be a chaperone for a trip our kids’ high school is taking. What should I do about both Jane and these offers of my time?! — Cross Sister

Dear Cross: Jane erred. You also have no obliga-tion to follow through on these “jobs.” First, you tell the people in charge of both the church and school events that your sister can’t speak for you, and if they imagined she could, they now need to make other

arrangements. You need not be suckered into these things, so do not feel you are obligated.

Then tell Jane she is not the authorized agent for your time, and that while she is certainly able to vol-unteer herself for anything she chooses, she may not do so for you. — Margo, deter-minedly

Dear Margo: I have a toddler and have been in a relationship with a man for more than a year. When he first moved in, I thought it would be a good chance to save some money and get ahead financially, in addi-

tion to taking our relation-ship to the next step. He has a daughter in fourth grade, so there are four of us. Then his job went down the drain, and he decided to go into business for himself, which he never discussed with me.

Needless to say, I now support us all. My life is work and cleaning. I never go out with my friends or have money to buy anything for myself.

I am depressed, and that makes me short with my son. I feel I can’t break up with him, because then the last year of my life will have been wasted, and we do love each other.

I don’t want to have wasted all the money I have invested in him and his busi-ness. I feel that if I leave this relationship, I will not be able to have a new one. There is no way I would have time to try to meet and get to know someone else.

What do I do? How do I

make him see he has to get a job? He just waits for it to come to him, and it doesn’t. — Wavering

Dear Wave: I hope you will not shirk from acting in your own best interests because you’re afraid there will be no one else. Also, your idea that the last year of your life will have been wasted if you part from this man is not clear thinking.

To hang on simply be-cause of time already put in would be throwing good money after bad — literally and figuratively. While you say you love each other, if he does not get a grip (and a job), I promise you the love will turn into something else, which may already have begun.

I don’t think having a man around is worth your finances being shot to hell, keeping two people who are basically guests, and being depressed. For your peace of mind and future stabil-

ity, you must tell him that he needs to bring in some income, or he must leave. You really can’t afford him. If you want to give him a deadline, the very least he can do to help you have a more relaxed life is to act as a househusband and relieve you of the cleaning, etc. — Margo, proactively

Dear Margo: Could you help my cousin out on a naming matter? He is mar-ried to an older woman whose daughter just had a child.

He is close in age to the young mother, and we are trying to come up with a name for the baby to call him that isn’t of the “grand-father” sort, but also isn’t his given name or “Uncle Joe.” Any ideas? P.S.: You helped me out with the free-loader problem last year. — Stumped in Fiji

Dear Stump: I am happy

to see that your problems are diminishing in severity. Regarding your name ques-tion, the field of possibilities is certainly narrowed when you eliminate any “grand-father” designation, his first name and “Uncle Joe.” I think I would go with some baby-talk version of what the child calls your cousin when s/he begins to talk.

A friend’s grandkids started calling him Boppo, which is no one’s idea of “Grandpa.” I think the young stepgrandfather should wait for the baby to say something adorable in baby talk and then let that be the name. — Margo, nominally

Dear Margo is written by Margo Howard, Ann Landers’ daughter. All letters must be sent via the online form at www.creators.com/dear margo. Due to a high volume of e-mail, not all letters will be answered.

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been busy working on their times since April. They are prov-ing to their coach they are willing to start training early on and are in the business of working hard. Their enthusiasm and dedication has impressed Christie, and he said he is look-ing forward to seeing all the work they have put into having a successful season.

“When the races start, there is a totally different feel to things,” said Christie. “Some of these guys started training back in April for the season, so to finally start racing allows them to hopefully see all the hard work pay off.”

With everyone pitching in for their summer run, the elder Westog said he was surprised yet pleased that his teammates were devoted to putting in a lot of time to ensure they are ready for a great year.

“We definitely have a highly-motivated crew this year. We have a lot of young guys really willing to work hard this year. It was a great to see it all the summer practices,” said Westog. “Everyone was out here early. We were really working hard this summer. I expected us to be willing to work this year, but not as much as much as we did this summer. It’s motivat-ing.”

But Westog said he doesn’t feel any demands to return to the state finals, although bringing home another trophy would be nice, but even better if they finish in first place. Christie has already spoken with his team about another fanciful run, and said he believes his team can beat their toughest opponents.

“I wouldn’t say we feel pressure. We actually feel like we are the underdog, because on paper, other teams look like they are stronger. But we would love to defend our region championship, and get another state trophy,” said Christie. “Last year, we finished second at state, which was the best performance at state in program history, so we are definitely hoping to keep riding that wave and hopefully have another successful season,” he said.

“Yes, we talked very early on about what it would take to get another region title and get another state trophy. They were up for the challenge and put in some big miles in the summer,” said Christie. “We have a lot of respect for our com-petition and know that it will be tough to reach our goals, but we are excited to see what we can do.”

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MCHS looks to make another great run

Latrice Williams The PaperBrothers Jonathan and Eric Westog warm-up before practice at Little Mulberry Park. Jonathan is a rising freshman, while Eric is an u-and-coming junior for the Hawks.

Latrice Williams The PaperThe Braves looked solid at the plate in their last two home games against the Durham Bulls.

Braves split series with Durham Bulls in a four-game homestandBy LATRICE [email protected]

After a two game deficit,, the Braves came back with an out-standing finish that was fueled by a heavy dose of offensive firepower.

In game three in the bottom of the first, Luis Durango and Jack Wilson each had one hit and, after Durham’s Henry Wrigley scored his 10th homer on the year, Terry Tiffee re-sponded shortly after for the Braves with a homerun of his own to tie the game. In the bottom of the sixth with bases loaded, the Braves scored off of two RBI’s and finished the night with an 8-1 win.

Felix Pie drove in six RBI’s including a grand slam in the finale, giving Gwinnett a much-needed 13-1 victory. Behind the strength of Pie’s impressive numbers and a host of other ex-plosive plays by his teammates, the Braves proved they have all the weapons they need to compete against anyone. The grand slam was undeniably the highlight of the night, and Manager Dave Brundage said it felt good after having a front-row view to see Pie’s big day at the plate.

“I had a good seat, I know that. To be honest, I thought that’s exactly what should have happened,” said Brund-age.

Yohan Flande completed seven in-

nings on the night. Flande got the show going by striking out four batters and permitting just four hits in his fifth win on the year. Billy Bullock and Dusty Hughes spent time at the mound in the eighth for the Braves as well. While Hughes kept Durham scoreless in the bottom of the eighth, Bullock gave up three walks and one hit. In all, there were three pitching changes for Gwin-nett. Having a solid rotation of healthy

pitchers is something Brundage looks to do in order to keep ev-eryone fresh.

“I felt a lot better about going into the ninth with a 13-1 lead. It’s a much better lead,” said Brundage. “Hopefully we’ll get our pitching back on track, get everyone rested a little bit and give that bullpen a little break.”

Tiffee gave the crowd some excitement with a hit, giving Gartrell and Jack Wilson an easy trip to second and third base. The defensive struggles continued for the Bulls when Jose Yepez’s hit brought the score to 2-0. The biggest high-light of the night was a grand slam by Felix Pie in the bottom of the second, giving them a 7-0 lead.

After scoring seven in the second inning alone, the Braves were quiet until Felix Pie did something that had not been done in over a year: hitting a grand slam that gave them a

comfortable lead, giving the Bulls very little room to make a comeback.

The Braves were firing on all cylin-ders; they showed their offensive weap-ons and proved that they have what it takes to put points on the board.

Although the Braves are not in a posi-tion to make a post-season appearance, Brundage says he is proud of the ball club and looking forward to ending the season on a good note.

The Hoschton Heritage Arts Council will provide a special scarecrow event this year.

Adults and children can enjoy a Scarecrow Scaven-ger Hunt between Sept. 10-21. Twelve special scarecrows will be located on 12 historic locations in Hoschton.

Anyone interested in doing the scarecrow hunt should download the clues on www.hoschtonheritageartscoun-cil.com.

The location should be written in the blank on the right side of the sheet. Each scarecrow has a special let-ter, that when all are found, spell out special words.

A special treat for the chil-dren 12 or under is to take the complete Scarecrow Scav-enger sheet to Little Hooties

Ice Cream Parlor on the Ho-schton Square for a free ice cream.

“One of the reasons for having the Scarecrow Scav-enger Hunt is to teach every-one some of the rich history of our small town,” said Rob-bie Bettis, organizer.

“We hope this will be good family fun as well,”said Bet-tis.

“The special scarecrows will be similar in design and easy to recognize. The clues and scarecrows will not ap-pear before the specified dates so families can plan their scarecrow hunt,” said Bettis. “They can take pho-tos, talk about the town’s his-tory and enjoy an ice cream. We hope they will let the Arts Council know if they enjoyed the event.”

The Hoschton Heritage Arts Council is seeking interesting art-related classes for fall quarter.

“We are actually seeking classes for anytime during the year, but right now we are concentrating on fall quarter be-cause it is time to begin advertising the classes,” says Robbie Bettis, Board of Directors chairperson.

The Arts Center is located at 74 White St., in downtown Hoschton.

Classes actually began for the first time in June. Basic Drawing, Knitting for Beginners, Backyard Beekeeping, Wis-teria Reed & Vine Basket Making, Gentle Deep Stretch Yoga and Color Theory were some of the beginning classes.

Classes still planned for the summer are Winning Scare-crow Workshops, Creative Gardening and Session II of Basic Drawing. A Creative Kids class in August will be Repurposed Junk Art.

To sign up for a class you should download a registration form at www.hoschtonheritageartscouncil.com and mail it to HHAC, PO Box 577, Hoschton, GA 30548 or phone 706-654-2693 (Tuesday through Friday) and sign up using a credit

card for payment.“More kid’s classes are scheduled for the fall and we are

excited about that,” said Bettis. “We will also have some jew-elry classes which will make some ladies very happy.”

“The prospects of what we can offer at the Arts Center are phenomenal. We have a lot of people in the local area who have skills and if they will share their skills with others, we can offer a lot of classes throughout the year,” said Bettis.

Those interested in teaching a class will be paid for their efforts. They can email Robbie Bettis at [email protected] to ask questions or to receive some forms to complete with specific info on the possible class.

The quarterly newsletter, Reports from the Veranda, is due out in August. Anyone who wants to receive a copy by mail can email [email protected]. It will also be on the website.

A registration day is planned for Sept. 6 from 2- 7 p.m.Anyone interested in becoming a member of the HHAC

may visit the website. Members get a monthly e-news, dis-counts on classes and discounts on items in the Gift Shop.

Hoschton Heritage Arts Council seeking instructors for art classes

Scarecrow Scavenger Hunt setFamily fun will be Sept. 10-21

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Park. Must See. Reduced, Must Sell!

$79,900/obo. 770-536-6171

610-RVs &Travel Trailers

FORD 1995 Montana Tioga, 27 ft., asking

$13,500. 770-503-5023

FLAGSTAFF 2006 30’, 5th whl, 2 slide-outs, slps 8, $15,400.

706-892-4327

BUMPER POOL2005

Skyline Nomad Camper. 27.5” bunk-

house. Like new Must See! $8350 Also 2003 Dura Max Diesel with

Allison auto. Wiil sell separate or pkg. 770-536-6171; 678-725-3290

610-RVs &Travel Trailers

REDUCED!BASS BOAT- 15 ft, 50hp Yamaha motor,

trolling motor, fish finder, vest, boat

cover, trailer.Lake Ready! $2,500.

770-718-7850; 770-869-0020

FOUR WINNS 1997 Boat, New 5.7 liter V8 engine, only two

seasons old with bimini top, CD player, ski's,wake and knee boards, ski pole, and jackets. Only asking

$6500. Call 678-617-8868

BAYLINER 1988 24 FT Cruiser, full cabin, 2 beds, runs great,

$2900. 770-287-7830

605-Boats &Marine

600Recreation

FLOWERY BRANCH4/2.5 D/W, 1.3 ac on cul-de-sac. $750/mo

(Lease Purchase.) 678-982-2855

4BR/2BA Land & Home. $600/mo.

770-616-6966

575-Mobile Homes for Sale

Large private lot $150 mo.

770-616-6966

570-Mobile HomeSites for Sale

Nice! Clean! Ready!3BR/2BA, appli-

ances, fenced, con-venient, Exit 16/Oak-wood. $99,900 (cash

or new loan). 404-210-7481

545-House forSale - South Hall

6 BR/4.5 bath in Mt. Vernon Pt. (NHall Schools) New gran-ite, hardwood flrs, master on main w/ jetted tub. Upstairs

3 BR/2 bath, rec room/ bonus/com-puter rms. $299K

678-997-1215

540-House forSale - North Hall

Large Family HomeFor Sale or Lease.

in Murrayville. 5BR/ 4BA, large gar/shop.

$1350/mo. 706-531-4319

Housing Inventory is Down, Call To

List Today! Collins Property

Group 678-617-8633

523-House forSale

500

Homes &Real Estate

Efficiencies $115/wk& up incls. utils/

cable. 770-539-2938

$115/wk, Furnishedall utils & cable, W/D. kitch. 770-561-0781

470-Rooms forRent

ROOMMATE Hwy 53 West Gainesville. Cable/Utils incld.

$365mo. No smkng 678-438-2886

MEN-Lowe$T. Fur Br, All priv + Xtras

Oakwd. 770-530-1110

FURNISHED ROOM w/cable. No utilty fees or dep. Free meals. $120/wk. 678-943-5143

465-RoommatesWanted

N Hall/Dahlonega Large 3/2 w/freplace $675mo; $500 dep.

770-654-6859

Clermont 2BR/2BA Priv. $155/wk. Free

Heat. 770-654-4073

3BR/2BA- DW Good cond. $600; $500dp

770-287-5224

3BR/2BA Rent to OWN Shope Mobile Home Park. $550/ mo. 770-630-1834

LULA 3BR/2BA & 3BR/1BA Refs &

bckgrd ck. No inside pets. 770-869-0193

3/2 RABBITTOWN$620 +dep. No pets.

770-714-1992

3/2 DW. Total elect, priv lot. $650/mo 770-530-8546

3/2 DW, $155 wk + $350 dep. No pets.

pvt lot. Excellent 770-869-7367

3/2 - Priv lot. $650 Butch Hodges

Properties, Inc. 770-540-0417

2BR Trailer,$320/mo. Gainesville area. 706-247-4750

129S. 2/2 Priv lot. $155w; $400dp. No pets 770-533-3029

460-Mobile Homesfor Rent

Quaint House $550 mo. Candler Rd at

I-985. 706-974-3360

Oakwood 3/1. $795. 770-287-1456 www. callapartments.com

Newly renovated3/2 ranch with 2 car garage on large lot inFlowery Br.. $1200/m+ Dep. Metro BrokersAgent/ 770-289-8605

N. Hall- 3/2. C/H/A, non smkrs, $800mo.

678-316-8209.

N. GAINESVILLE,nice 3/2.5, $800/mo.

770-287-3648

LULA - 2 story. 3BR/2BA w/bonus

rm & bsmt. No pets. $850/mo; $500/dep.

770-532-7134

FLWRY BR. 3/3 with bsmt. $995mo + dep

770-654-5154

E. HALL- 3BR/2BA w/bsmt. Paved drive. No pets $850+ dep.

706-498-7440

4/2 Murrayville, Imed occ. $1200m + sec. 302-353-0053

3BR/2BA- Sardis. $900mo. + dep. No pets. 770-714-1992

3BR/2 Full Bths3675 Maple Forge Ln

$1050/mo + dep. 770-536-5625

3BR/1BA located onBrowns Bridge. $450+ dep. 404-312-5505

3/2 Prestigious Longstreet Hills-$1400

Fenced Back YardAvail 9/1

770-833-2807

1BR-$595 In city, very nice! 678-617-5073

678-637-4052

435-Houses forRent Unfurnished

Oakwood- Pine Forest. 2BR/1BA $660 www.callapartments.c

om. 770-287-1456

2BR/2BA w/ loft & FP, $595/mo + dep.

770-540-7571

1BR-$425; 2BR $595. 678-617-5073

678-637-4052

425-DuplexesFor Rent

$700/m 2BR/2.5BARemodeled-On LakeCity. 770-533-2088

420-Condos For Rent

Studio & 1BR Loft Apts- available “On

The Square” in dwntwn Gainesville.

great views, No pets. Lanier,404-202-7290

NEWLY RENO-VATED Townhomes for RENT. $875 /Mo,

4BR / 3BA. Call (404)812-8913

30 Days FREE$399 Moves U In!

Spring Valley1BR/1BA $625 up2BR/2BA $675 upBrandon Place2BR/2BA $6751BR/1BA $575Efficiency $475

POOLS - GATEDCall Jacky Today678-779-2687

**1 and 2 bedrooms close to Brenau..

Great value! 678-318-1990

enotagardensapart-ments.com

2BR/1BA Apt- Sardis area. $675/mo. Utils incld. 770-634-7099

410-ApartmentsUnfurnished

2BR/2BA $685 3BR/2BA $785 Includes Water.

Hurry-$99 Rent Move-In Special (wac). For details 770-533-9220

1-2 BR Apt $450-570 + dep.

Gainesville Call 404-643-8302

1-2BR Oakwood, $535 & up.

www.callapartments.com 770-287-1456

1 to 3BR‘s starting at $495. Move-in Spe-cials! 770-536-0508

Oakwood 1 BR Apt. $450 + dep mo pets.

770-654-5154

410-ApartmentsUnfurnished

Lake side wk, mo or yr. bkgrd ck $300 up. 770-539-9266

405-ApartmentsFurnished

400

Homes &Rentals

YORKSHIRE TERR- 3 adorable tiny pup-pies. Health guar.

home raised. $500 & up. 770-539-9266

YORKIE - 2.5lbs, male, crate trained. Very smart. $300.

Cash. 770-572-5145

Timneh African Grey - Great talker. 2-1/2 yrs old, male. $750. Call Becky

770-713-2890

SHIH-TZU Pups. CKC. 6 wks old.

1st shots & wormed. $200 & up. Also Pit

Bulls Available . 706-599-6068 or

706-491-2436

MALTICHON Half Maltese, half

Bichon. Born 4/25/12, Vet ck. Health guar-anteed. Male. Hypo

allergenic & non shedding. $750.

Martha, 678-313-4586

MALTI-POO Puppies, precious,

1st shots & wormed, have both parents,

$350. 706-892-6153 or 706-892-6154

GREAT PYRENEESPups, 8wks old. Full blooded, parents on site. 1st shots/de-wormed. 1 male; 3 females. $125ea.

770-572-0163

GERMAN SHORT-HAIRED

POINTERS,3 adults, (4) 7 week old pups, AKC reg.,

adults trained on quail. Call for prices.

706-348-3180

GERMAN SHEP-HERD- Pups. AKC. 3 females, 3males. Ready to go home 8/9/12. $750. 1st

shots & dewormed. 770-654-3816

DACHSHUND- Female, long & short hair. Shots/wormed. $250. 770-540-5956

DACHSHUND 4-year old, short haired, red

dachshund.Female. Spayed, house broken and

good with kids. $75.404-313-9257

AFRICAN GREYPARROT-w/cage.

6yrs old. Talks. $600. 770-561-7618

380-Pets &Supplies

Rocker- Outdoor2 Seater brown, $50;

Coffee Table- Brown w/marble top 50x32, $50; Record Player- Crosley in-cludes (75) 33-1/3

records $75;4 Comforters-

queen size $20ea; 770-535-9064

HOT TUB- 6 personParty lights, waterfall,

cover with lift.Like New! $2000. 770-532-3097 or

770-540-0451

ELECTRIC GOLFCART, w/ battery

charger, windshield, mirrors, sand jars, cooler, like new,

$2,800. 770-287-1171

COUCH, $175;RECLINER, $30; DINING TABLE w/

4 chairs, $75; TV STAND, $20; PS2 GAME SYSTEM w/

games, $120; 48 in. Walk Behind

MOWER, w/ accessories, $1800.

678-343-7265

Beauty Salon Styling Station;

Hair Dryer; Shampoo Chair;

lrg mirror. $75 ea. Filing Cbnt. $15 770-536-5625

ANTIQUE PIANO,very ornate,

appraised at $4,000, sell $2,500; HUMEL FIGURINES, lovely

WINE GLASSES; AFRICAN VIIOLETS;

odds & ends. 770-532-6642706-284-4007

365-Misc.For Sale

Heritage Revolver- 22 cal Convertible 22LR & 22 Mag.

Made in USA (Rough Rider) 6-1/2 barrel with safety. New in Box. New Holster, New Hard Case.

100 rounds of L.R.100 rounds 22 Mag.

All $300. 404-406-8981

350-Guns

TABLE - Cherry, w/ 2 drawers. 48x28. $65;

PUB TABLE all wood, 4 stools.

$395.770-718-9884

FREE BELLINI BABY CRIBS-

you pick up 404-276-0393

345-Furniture

TRUSTED GOLDSILVER BUYERS

Get the most for your Gold & Silver

Jewelry, Flatware, US Coins and more.www.GOLDVAULT

BANK.com 770-654-5400

www.GOLDMINE GOLDBUYERS.com

678-971-4426

330-Coins &Jewelry

300Stuff

Find your next great job at

Select Staffing! IMMEDIATE NEEDS FOR WAREHOUSE

& LABOR POSITIONS

All shifts available. Must be able to ver-ify work history. Must pass a background

check & drug screen test. For more info, call 770-536-1122.

EOE. www.weget-

people.com

290-Warehouse

Driver

$2,500 Sign-On Bonus

SUPERSERVICE

•Hiring Solo and Team Drivers

•Great Benefits Pkg.•Excellent HomeTime•CDL-A Required•Students with CDL-A Welcome

888-441-9358www.superservicellc.

com

OWNER OPERA-TORS +COMPANY DRIVERS NEEDED.

for freight coming out of TX. All 53' dry van. Home weekley. No hazmat, No slip

seat, No North East, No touch freight.

Please contact Greg 678-343-7198 Se

habla espanol! MUST BE AT LEAST 23 YEARS OF AGE,

VALID CLASS A CDL, 24 MONTHS OTR

experience

OTR DRIVERClean MVR with at

least 2yrs exp. req’d. For info call: Mitchell

Reddick Trucking 404-668-4554

Local Truck DriversHourly pay w/

overtime, some benefits. Doraville company needs clean MVR and

3+ years experience. 770-409-8994

FOUR CAR HAULER driver needed. CDL license & refs req’d. Drug test mandatory.

Apply in person. 4712 Flat Creek Rd.

Oakwood, GA

DriverCDL Drivers

NeededTuition Paid by

Federal Grants or VA Benefits.

770-614-6022 or1-877-GET-A-CDLCall and see if you

Qualify in 5 minutes!dtruckschool.com

Immediate Openings

Company DriversCDL Class A with Hazmat. Flexible Hometime. Driver Friendly Freight.

No Northeast Lanes. SIGN ON BONUS877-893-9645

or apply: www.south-ernfreight.com

285-TruckDrivers

ELECTRICIANS & HELPERS

tools, speak English & valid Driver’s Lic.

Mon thru Fri, 9-4pm. 770-535-5544

280-Trades

Chef w/ all areas of fine dining kitchen, no drugs/ alcohol, start immediately

706-300-6505

275-Restaurant

BANK OWNEDMORTGAGE

LENDER seeking expd. Processor.

EOE. Inquiries: [email protected]

270-Professional

Sheer Imagination an online retail com-pany is looking for

the following:•Warehse Supervisor•Sales Associate- F/T•Sales Associate- Sun•Admin. AssistantGo to the URL below

to submit resumehttp://sheercorp.com/

careers/

Tourism SalesManager: Seeking energetic and expe-rienced salesperson to recruit conven-

tions, meetings and sporting events to Lake Lanier area. 5 years experience in

travel industry required, other sales experience a bonus.

Send resumes to [email protected]

om

270-Professional

$$$ Telemarketing No Selling. $7.25 to 11.25/hr Daily & Wkly Bonus. M-F 9a- 3p Anna 770-888-6058

btw 12:30pm-2:30pm

255-Part TimeHelp Wanted

TRUCK WASHERS Background check req’d. Call Scott,

Southern Pride De-tailing, 770-533-2806

Exp’d Commercial Landscapers

needed. 678-873-0311

Calling All MIG WELDERS

1st shift. $12.25/hr. Also Available

Assembly, Material Handler & Forklift

Driver @ $10.25/hr. Call us at

770-287-2406

BAIL BOND AGENT Weekend days A Must. Weekdays

also. 770-535-0400

Auto Body personfor Car restorations.

Part or Full Time. Ron@Vintage-

Alley.com

245-Misc.Help Wanted

The Longstreet Clinic, P.C. is seeking

qualified candidates for the following

positions:

*Registered Mammographer

Imaging DeptGainesville

All positions are full time unless noted.

Full-time employees may be eligible for

paid days off, health insurance and a gen-

erous retirement plan. Salary com-

mensurate with ex-perience. Previous

medical office expe-rience preferred.

Spanish/English skills desirable. Interested candidates may sub-mit resumes via fax to 770-535-7445 Attn: Employment

E-mail to:HR@longstreet

clinic.com or complete an appli-

cation at 725 Jesse Jewell Pkwy., Suite 270, Gainesville, GA 30501. For additional

info about the Longstreet Clinic.,

P.C., please visit our website: www.long

streetclinic.com

SURGICAL SERVICES

DIRECTOR- FTResponsible for pro-viding effective lead-ership to manage the direction of the unit.

The Director provides the framework for

assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient

care. She/He dem-onstrates a highdegree of clinical

knowledge and ex-pertise, acts as a

role model for nurs-ing practice and

guest advocacy and interprets the organi-zation’s missions and goals for integration into practice at the unit level in a fiscally responsible manner and within the guide-lines of legal, legisla-tive and regulatory

directives. Will scrub/circulate in an

emergency or to relieve staff if neces-sary. All other duties as assigned. Gradu-

ate of accredited school of nursing.

BSN preferred. Cur-rent Georgia RN

license. Five years of clinical and progres-

sive supervisory/ management experi-ence Peri-operative Services. Submit ap-

plication at ches-tateeregionalhospital.

com

Pediatric Medicaloffice in Gainesville

seeking Full Time CLT. Please fax re-

sumes to 770-287-3871.

Locally ownedDME company

seeking Sales Rep with a background in Respiratory Services

or Home Medical Equipment sales for N GA area. Candi-date will establish relationships with doctors, hospitals and clinics. Salary plus commission.

Respond to khope@people-

shomemedical.com.

240-Medical

Gainesville medical practice seeks

2 LPNs or MAsF/T , Mon-Fri. Exp not

necessary but pre-ferred. Fax resume

770-532-4049

240-Medical

PROFESSIONAL SALESPERSON

Southeast’s largest pre-owned Dealer

seeking professional motivated person for

immediate hire. Experience required. Pay while in training. US AUTO SALES

ofc: 678-450-0400Call for interview

230-GeneralSales Agents

Opening for anELEMENTARY

TEACHERto teach 2nd grade

students that are predominantly ESL using various meth-ods in compliance within guidelines of state and school.

Competitive Salary. Must possess a

Master Degree in Education, 2 yrs exp,

and GA Educator certificate. Send re-sume to: Gainesville City School System,

508 Oak Street, Gainesville, GA 30501

HIRING PROFES-SIONAL Preschool teachers. FT or PT, CDA or higher reqd.

770-535-7220

227-Education

200

Jobs

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770-535-1199

170-Notices

LOST: Brown & Black Boxer. Male. Black & White Collar. Spring-

dale Forrest / Duckett Mill area. Call

770-540-4922

LOST: Akita, female, 90 lbs, black face,

white & gold, 2 white stocking feet in front. Please call. Reward. Near CVS on Mundy Mill & McEver Rd..

Named Kita.770-536-1946

160-Lost &Found

100

Announcements

Whole House Wash Starting $119.95.

Licensed & insured. D&L. 678-316-3824

076-PressureWashing

Leave MORE than just Memories.Leave a legacy.

Contact Life Share Video to find out

how. Call Renee at 877-788-Life or

lifesharevideo.com

063-Misc.Services

PRO. LAWN CARE Reasonable Prices! 770-653-4217 770-654-5985

055-Landscaping

SaveGreen GoGreen GoSolarAffordable complete

backup power! 10% off installation all

August sales 678-516-5373

aaSolarServices.com

052-HomeImprovements

Will Take Care Of Your Elderly Loved

One. My home or yours. 24 hr care.

Expd. Excellent Refs. 678-630-5631

I Do Private DutySitting- including lgt hsework, prepared meals. Any shift/any day. Pay negotiable.

678-316-8618

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5dr, ex-l, w/res & navisilver, 47k miles,

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2010 jeep commander

rwd, 4dr, sports, blk, 51k, p7864 $18,888

2006honda

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5dr, ex, auto, red, 87k miles,

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$13,288

2009 mazda cx-7

fwd, 4dr, sport, blk, 26k, p7871 $18,288

2010 kia sportage

4wd, 4dr, v6, auto, lx, black, 29k, p7786 $15,988

2011honda

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4dr sdn, auto, lx-sblack, 19k miles,

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2012honda

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2011honda

odyssey

5dr, ex-l, w/navi,black, 21k miles,

p7918 $32,488

2010honda

cr-v

2wd, 5dr, ex-l,grey, 29k miles,

26422a $21,988

2008 jeep wrangler

4wd, 4dr, unlimited x, slvr, 37k, p7829 $22,688

2010 jeep patriot

4wd, 4dr, sport, white, 50k miles, p7867 $15,188

2007 Scion Tc

3dr, hb, auto, white, 70k, p7898 $12,688

2006 CadillaC CTS

4dr, sdn, 3.6l, slvr, 78k, 26527c $13,988

2006 Pontiac G6

4dr, sdn, gtp, orange, 94k, 25423a $10,588

2011 ToyoTa sienna

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